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.
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.
The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.
