I Was Not, I Was, I Am

Of All The Gifts That Wise Providence Grants Us To Make Life Full And Happy, Friendship Is The Most Beautiful.

The Wise Man Thinks Of Fame Just Enough To Avoid Being Despised.

Moreover, The Universe As A Whole Is Infinite, For Whatever Is Limited Has An Outermost Edge To Limit It, And Such An Edge Is Defined By Something Beyond. Since The Universe Has No Edge, It Has No Limit; And Since It Lacks A Limit, It Is Infinite And Unbounded. Moreover, The Universe Is Infinite Both In The Number Of Its Atoms And In The Extent Of Its Void.

Men Are So Thoughtless, Nay, So Mad, That Some, Through Fear Of Death, Force Themselves To Die.

An Irreligious Man Is Not One Who Denies The Gods Of The Majority, But One Who Applies To The Gods The Opinions Of The Majority. For What Most Men Say About The Gods Are Not Ideas Derived From Sensation, But False Opinions, According To Which The Greatest Evils Come To The Wicked, And The Greatest Blessings Come To The Good From The Gods.