Epicurus

It is better to be unfortunate in a rational way than fortunate in an irrational way.

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

We must remember that the future is not ours, but neither is it altogether not ours.

The greatest good is prudence, from which spring all the other virtues.

No pleasure is a bad thing in itself; but the means by which certain pleasures are gained bring troubles many times greater than the pleasures.

The man who is least disturbed by the morrow will be most pleased and least troubled.

The study of nature does not create men who are boastful or fond of displaying their culture, nor does it create men who write for the admiration of the many, but rather men who are strong and self-sufficient, and who take pride in their own personal goods, not in those of others.

The limit of quantity in pleasures is the removal of all that is painful. Wherever pleasure is present, as long as it is present, there is neither toil nor grief, nor both, but wherever these are present, neither is pleasure present.

We should not be afraid of death, for it is nothing to us.

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

The magnitude of pleasure reaches its limit in the removal of all pain. When that state is present, pleasure is no longer increased, but varies only in intensity.

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

Of all the means to ensure happiness throughout the whole of life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.

The most important result of self-sufficiency is freedom.

It is better to be unfortunate in a reasonable manner than to be fortunate in an unreasonable manner.

The wise man will not fear death, for death is nothing to him.

Pleasure is our first and kindred good. It is the starting point of every choice and every aversion, and to it we always return, as we use the feeling as the standard by which we judge every good.

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

Live unknown.

We must not violate nature, but obey her; and we shall obey her if we fulfill the necessary desires and also the natural, if they bring no harm, but sternly reject the harmful.