"The magnitude of pleasure reaches its limit in the removal of all pain. When that point is attained, pleasure does not further increase, but only varies in kind."

"The greatest good is to be found in the prudent management of the good things of life."

"One must not pretend to philosophize, but really philosophize; for what we need is not the semblance of health, but real health."

"The wise man is prepared for all things."

"Death is nothing to us; for that which is dissolved is without sensation, and that which lacks sensation is nothing to us."