The Fool’s Life Is Empty Of Gratitude

He Who Says Either That The Time For Philosophy Has Not Yet Come Or That It Has Passed Is Like Someone Who Says That The Time For Happiness Has Not Yet Come Or That It Has Passed.

Misfortune Seldom Intrudes Upon The Wise Man; His Greatest And Highest Interests Are Directed By Reason Throughout The Course Of Life.

Vain Is The Word Of A Philosopher Which Does Not Heal Any Suffering Of Man. For Just As There Is No Profit In Medicine If It Does Not Expel The Diseases Of The Body, So There Is No Profit In Philosophy Either, If It Does Not Expel The Suffering Of The Mind.

Pleasure Is Our First And Kindred Good. It Is The Starting Point Of Every Choice And Of Every Aversion, And To It We Always Come Back, Inasmuch As We Make Feeling The Rule By Which To Judge Of Every Good Thing.

Stranger, Here You Will Do Well To Tarry; Here Our Highest Good Is Pleasure.