"The magnitude of pleasure reaches its limit in the removal of all pain. When that state is present, pleasure can be varied, but it cannot be increased, nor can it be diminished, so long as it is not d…"

"The wise man is a happy man, even in the midst of torture."

"The wise man, when he is in danger, laughs at the danger."

"Empty is the argument of the philosopher by which no human suffering is therapeutically treated."

"I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know."