“The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.”

“Don't fear the gods,Don't worry about death;What is good is easy to get, andWhat is terrible is easy to endure.”

“Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.”

“I was not, I was, I am not, I care not. (Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo)”

“Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not.”

“He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.”

“Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.”