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.”

“Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.”

“The summit of pleasure is the elimination of all that gives pain.”

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

“Nothing is enough to the man for whom enough is too little.”

“Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth is unhappy, though he is master of the world.”

“Of all the things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.”

“It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.”

“It is vain to ask of the gods what man is capable of supplying for himself.”

“The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it.”

“To be rich is not the end, but only a change, of worries.”

“I was not, I was, I am not, I care not. (Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo)”

“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.”

“He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.”

“The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.”

“Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.”

“Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.”

“Accustom yourself to the belief that death is of no concern to us, since all good and evil lie in sensation and sensation ends with death. Therefore the true belief that death is nothing to...”

“Don't fear the gods, Don't worry about death; What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure.”

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