"He who says either that the time for philosophy has not yet come or that it has passed is like someone who says that the time for happiness has not yet come or that it has passed."
"He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing ."
"Il culmine del piacere è la pura e semplice distruzione del dolore."
"If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires."
"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."
"It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help."