"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."

"The greatest wealth is contentment with a little."

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

"We must therefore pursue the things that make for happiness, seeing that when happiness is present, we have everything; but when it is absent, we do everything to possess it."

"The just man is most free from disturbance, while the unjust is full of the utmost disturbance."