"I was never anxious to please the mob, for I have not learned what pleases it."

"The wise man is happy even on the rack."

"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 quantity of pleasure is to be judged by the quantity of pain it removes."

"It is impossible for someone to dispel his fears about the most important matters if he does not understand the nature of the universe but still gives some credence to myths. So that without the study…"