Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us,... - Epicurus

"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for."

"If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires."

"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?"

"Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not."

"If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires."