“The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.”

Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.

Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.

Death is nothing to us, because a body that has been dispersed into elements experiences no sensations, and the absence of sensation is nothing to us.

He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.

Don’t fear the gods, Don’t worry about death; What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure.

When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.

We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink…

To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.

Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.

The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.

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

You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

Vain is the word of that philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man.

It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.

Justice is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.

The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.