The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd. Epicurus Read Quote
Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life. Epicurus Read Quote
Both old and young alike ought to seek wisdom: the former in order that, as age comes over him, he may be young in good things because of the grace of what has been, and the latter in order that, while he is young, he may at the same time be old, because he has no fear of the things which are to come. Epicurus Read Quote
There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men. Epicurus Read Quote
We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help in need. Epicurus Read Quote
We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it. Epicurus Read Quote
A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs. Epicurus Read Quote
Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship. Epicurus Read Quote
