No pleasure is evil in itself; but the means by which certain pleasures are gained bring pains many times greater than the pleasures.

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.

Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?

Happiness is man's greatest aim in life. Tranquility and rationality are the cornerstones of happiness.

The things you really need are few and easy to come by; but the things you can imagine you need are infinite, and you will never be satisfied.

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

We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.

Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.

Being happy is knowing how to be content with little

Live your life without attracting attention.

If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.

For most people life is not a fairy tale, it is an adventure.

And just then it crossed my mind that one might fire, or not fire—and it would come to absolutely the same thing.

People do not by default follow the strongest, but they follow the bravest

Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.

Accept Him? Do we really think Jesus needs our acceptance? Don't we need Him?

Those who feel they are clean, go ahead and throw the first rock. If you're clean, if you have not done anything wrong or been accused of anything wrong, go ahead and start the show.

I think I'm always drawn to a good story

But,' he thinks, 'it's possible to die before you die.

What a privilege it is to be an American!