We Cannot Live Pleasantly Without

Death Is Nothing To Us: For That Which Is Dissolved Is Without Sensation; And That Which Lacks Sensation Is Nothing To Us.

Men, Believing In Myths, Will Always Fear Something Terrible, Everlasting Punishment As Certain Or Probable . . . Men Base All These Fears Not On Mature Opinions, But On Irrational Fancies, That They Are More Disturbed By Fear Of The Unknown Than By Facing Facts. Peace Of Mind Lies In Being Delivered From All These Fears.

Tranquil Pleasure Constitutes Human Beings' Supreme Good

A Free Life Cannot Acquire Many Possessions, Because This Is Not Easy To Do Without Servility To Mobs Or Monarchs.

The Guilty Man May Escape, But He Cannot Be Sure Of Doing So.