The honor paid to a wise man is a great good for those who honor him.
Thanks be to blessed Nature that she has made what is necessary easy to obtain, and what is not easy unnecessary.
Gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it.
What men fear is not that death is annihilation but that it is not.
There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
The guilty man may escape, but he cannot be sure of doing so.
Stranger, here you will do well to tarry; here our highest good is pleasure.
A world is a circumscribed portion of sky... it is a piece cut off from the infinite.
There are infinite worlds both like and unlike this world of ours. For the atoms being infinite in number... are borne on far out into space.
I was not; I have been; I am not; I do not mind.
Moreover, the universe as a whole is infinite, for whatever is limited has an outermost edge to limit it, and such an edge is defined by something beyond. Since the universe has no edge, it has no limit; and since it lacks a limit, it is infinite and unbounded. Moreover, the universe is infinite both in the number of its atoms and in the extent of its void.
A strong belief in fate is the worst kind of slavery; on the other hand, there is a comfort in the thought that God will be moved by our prayers.
Without confidence, there is no friendship.
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 gives some credence to myths. So without the study of nature there is no enjoyment of pure pleasure.
Justice is a contract of expediency, entered upon to prevent men harming or being harmed.
But the universe is infinite.
Any device whatever by which one frees himself from the fear of others is a natural good.
The wise man who has become accustomed to necessities knows better how to share with others than how to take from them, so great a treasure of self-sufficiency has he found.
All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help
Death is meaningless to the living because they are living, and meaningless to the dead… because they are dead.
We must consider both the ultimate end and all clear sensory evidence, to which we refer our opinions; for otherwise everything will be full of uncertainty and confusion.
Tranquil pleasure constitutes human beings' supreme good
Most beautiful is the sight of those near and dear to us when our original kinship makes us of one mind.
If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
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