Epicurus

It is not possible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and honorably and justly, nor to live wisely and honorably and justly without living a pleasant life.

Death is nothing to us; for that which has been dissolved into its elements experiences no sensations, and that which has no sensations is nothing to us.

The wise man is not troubled by the absence of things he needs, but is content with what he has.

The beginning and root of all good is the pleasure of the stomach; even wisdom and culture must be referred to this.

The most secure protection against the fear of death is to be without fear of death.

Empty is the argument of the philosopher by which no suffering of man is therapeutically treated.

The wise man, when he has adjusted his life to the standard of nature, is rich in wisdom and virtue.

Pleasure is the beginning and end of the blessed life.

The pleasant life is produced not by an unbroken succession of drinking bouts and revelries, nor by sexual lust, nor by the enjoyment of fish and other delicacies of a luxurious table, but by sober reasoning.

The man who says that all things happen of necessity cannot criticize one who says that not all things happen of necessity.

It is better to lie upon a bed of straw and be free of fear than to have a golden couch and a troubled mind.

The wise man is not afraid of death, for he knows that when he is, death is not, and when death is, he is not.

He who has peace of mind has everything.

The man who is not content with a little is content with nothing.

The gods are not to be feared, death is not to be worried about, the good is easy to acquire, and the bad is easy to endure.

It is impossible for someone to dispel his fears about the most important matters if he doesn't know the nature of the universe but still has some suspicions about the stories in the myths. So that it is impossible to enjoy unmixed pleasures without natural science.

The limit of quantity in pleasures is the removal of all that is painful.

Of all the things which wisdom provides for the happiness of the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friendship.

The man who has learned to be self-sufficient is the truly rich man.

We must laugh and philosophize at the same time, and manage our household, and use our other faculties, and never cease proclaiming the sayings of the true philosophy.