It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet,than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.

There is nothing to fear from gods, There is nothing to feel in death, Good can be attained, Evil can be endured

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?

It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.

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.

It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.