“When, therefore, we maintain that pleasure is the end, we do not mean the pleasures of profligates and those that consist in sensuality, as is supposed by some who are either ignorant or disagree w...”

“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.”

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

“If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.”

“The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure”

“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not”

“Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.”

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”

“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”