"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 laughs at fate, since he knows that some things happen by necessity, others by chance, and others through his own agency."

"Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering."

"Empty is the argument of the philosopher by which no human suffering is therapeutically treated. For just as there is no profit in medicine if it does not expel the diseases of the body, so there is n…"

"We should heal our misfortunes by the recollection of our past joys and by the acknowledgment that it is impossible to undo what has been done."