Epicurus

I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding. ”

Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed. ”

There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men. ”

The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool. ”

It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble. ”

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

Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search of it when he has grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul. ”

Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life. ”

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs. ”

The art of living well and the art of dying well are one. ”