"Every pain is easy to despise, for the one who has considered it in its real limits."

"The just man is tranquil, the unjust man is full of the utmost turmoil."

"The greatest good is to be free from troubles of the mind."

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

"The limit of quantity in pleasures is the removal of all that is painful. Wherever and whenever this is present, pleasure is no longer increased, but has reached its stationary maximum."