We Cannot Live Pleasantly Without Living Wisely

We Begin Every Act Of Choice And Avoidance From Pleasure, And It Is To Pleasure That We Return Using Our Experience Of Pleasure As The Criterion Of Every Good Thing.

If You Would Enjoy Real Freedom, You Must Be The Slave Of Philosophy.

Let Nothing Be Done In Your Life, Which Will Cause You Fear If It Becomes Known To Your Neighbor.

When We Say That Pleasure Is The End, We Do Not Mean The Pleasure Of The Profligate Or That Which Depends On Physical Enjoyment--as Some Think Who Do Not Understand Our Teachings, Disagree With Them, Or Give Them An Evil Interpretation--but By Pleasure We Mean The State Wherein The Body Is Free From Pain And The Mind From Anxiety.

Empty Is The Argument Of The Philosopher Which Does Not Relieve Any Human Suffering.