Epicurus

"Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not. "

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

"He who is calm disturbs neither himself nor others. "

"In a philosophical dispute, he gains most who is defeated, since he learns most. "

"It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us. "

"It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls. "

"Justice is a contract of expediency, entered upon to prevent men harming or being harmed. "

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

"Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily. "

"Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. "

"The greater difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests. "

"The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it. "

"The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully. "

"We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help when in need. "