Any Man Who Does Not Think That

I Have Never Wished To Cater To The Crowd; For What I Know They Do Not Approve, And What They Approve I Do Not Know.

Most Beautiful Is The Sight Of Those Near And Dear To Us When Our Original Kinship Makes Us Of One Mind.

No Pleasure Is Evil In Itself; But The Means By Which Certain Pleasures Are Gained Bring Pains Many Times Greater Than The Pleasures.

Accustom Yourself To Believe That Death Is Nothing To Us, For Good And Evil Imply Awareness, And Death Is The Privation Of All Awareness; Therefore A Right Understanding That Death Is Nothing To Us Makes The Mortality Of Life Enjoyable, Not By Adding To Life An Unlimited Time, But By Taking Away The Yearning After Immortality. For Life Has No Terror; For Those Who Thoroughly Apprehend That There Are No Terrors For Them In Ceasing To Live.

The Wealth Required By Nature Is Limited And Is Easy To Procure; But The Wealth Required By Vain Ideals Extends To Infinity.