"A free man cannot acquire many possessions, because this is difficult to do without serving either crowds or kings."

"We should envy no one, for good men do not deserve envy, and as for the bad, the more they prosper, the more they harm themselves."

"Justice is a contract of utility entered into to prevent men from harming or being harmed by one another."

"The wise man is not concerned with the quantity of life, but with its quality."

"The limit of quantity in pleasures is the removal of all that is painful. Wherever and whenever this is present, pleasure is no longer increased, but has reached its stationary maximum."