I Spit Upon Luxurious Pleasures, Not For

Of All The Things Which Wisdom Provides To Make Us Entirely Happy, Much The Greatest Is The Possession Of Friendship.

Death Is Nothing To Us: For After Our Bodies Have Been Dissolved By Death They Are Without Sensation, And That Which Lacks Sensation Is Nothing To Us. And Therefore A Right Understanding Of Death Makes Mortality Enjoyable, Not Because It Adds To An Infinite Span Of Time, But Because It Takes Away The Craving For Immortality.

The Magnitude Of Pleasure Reaches Its Limit In The Removal Of All Pain. When Such Pleasure Is Present, So Long As It Is Uninterrupted, There Is No Pain Either Of Body Or Of Mind Or Of Both Together.

Why Should I Fear Death? If I Am, Death Is Not. If Death Is, I Am Not. Why Should I Fear That Which Can Only Exist When I Do Not?

There Is No Such Thing As Justice In The Abstract; It Is Merely A Compact Between Men.