Everything Since Homer Has Improved, Except Poetry.

The Most Solid Pleasure In This Life Is The Empty Pleasure Of Illusion.

If Content With Himself And Mankind, A Man Is Never Harsh Or Curt.

Ignorance Is The Greatest Source Of Happiness.

Death Is Not An Evil, Because It Frees Us From All Evils, And While It Takes Away Good Things, It Takes Away Also The Desire For Them. Old Age Is The Supreme Evil, Because It Deprives Us Of All Pleasures, Leaving Us Only The Appetite For Them, And It Brings With It All Sufferings. Nevertheless, We Fear Death, And We Desire Old Age.

Men Are Ready To Suffer Anything From Others Or From Heaven Itself, Provided That, When It Comes To Words, They Are Untouched.