“ Of the thousands who have paid homage to virtue, barely one has thought to inspect the pedestal on which it stands. Frances Wright
“ If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires. Epicurus
“ As you say of yourself, I too am an . I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greece and Rome have left us.[] Thomas Jefferson
“ Men inflict injuries from hatred, jealousy or contempt, but the wise man masters all these passions by means of reason. Epicurus
“ It is with this movement, with the passage and dissolution of impressions, images, sensations, that analysis leaves off—that continual vanishing away, that strange, perpetual weaving and unweaving of… Walter Pater
“ For all knowledge and wonder (which is the seed of knowledge) is an impression of pleasure in itself. Francis Bacon
“ Don't fear the gods,Don't worry about death;What is good is easy to get, andWhat is terrible is easy to endure. Epicurus
