Epicurus — "The wise man is able to live well even in poverty."

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

"The wise man does not deprecate life nor does he fear the end of life."

"The flesh receives as unlimited the limits of pleasure; and to provide it requires unlimited time. But the mind, intellectually grasping what the end and limit of the flesh is, and banishing the terro…"

"The magnitude of pleasure reaches its limit in the removal of all pain. When that point is attained, pleasure does not further increase, but only varies in kind."

"The art of living well and the art of dying well are one."