It Is Impossible To Live A Pleasant

The Gods Can Either Take Away Evil From The World And Will Not, Or, Being Willing To Do So, Cannot; Or They Neither Can Nor Will, Or Lastly, They Are Both Able And Willing. If They Have The Will To Remove Evil And Cannot, Then They Are Not Omnipotent. If They Can, But Will Not, Than They Are Not Benevolent. If They Are Neither Able Nor Willing, Then They Are Neither Omnipotent Nor Benevolent. Lastly, If They Are Both Able And Willing To Annihilate Evil, How Does It Exist?

No Pleasure Is Evil In Itself; But The Means By Which Certain Pleasures Are Gained Bring Pains Many Times Greater Than The Pleasures.

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

All Friendship Is Desirable In Itself, Though It Starts From The Need Of Help

He Who Understands The Limits Of Life Knows That It Is Easy To Obtain That Which Removes The Pain Of Want And Makes The Whole Of Life Complete And Perfect. Thus He Has No Longer Any Need Of Things Which Involve Struggle.