“The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.”

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.

I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.

If we were to do that we would increase the supply of skilled workers that our schools have been unable to create and as a consequence of that we would lower the average wage of skills and reduce the degree of income inequality in this country.

Medical researchers and military analysts forebode grim consequences.

Any onset of increased investor caution elevates risk premiums and, as a consequence, lowers asset values and promotes the liquidation of the debt that supported higher asset prices.

For an understanding that our immediate actions have long-term consequences, and for an appreciation that there are different ways of knowing and understanding situations.

Trust and confidence that have been built is not something that should be abandoned without great consideration for the potentially grave consequences to the United States.

And the least capable of understanding the consequences of actions.

The glorious thing for you always has consequences for others.

They obviously collected a lot of votes, but these monies could not solve the structural problems that these people face. But the only result, the only consequence, was that a big sum from the budget was wasted this way.