Pleasure Is The Beginning And The End

Self-sufficiency Is The Greatest Of All Wealth .

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.

We Must Consider Both The Ultimate End And All Clear Sensory Evidence, To Which We Refer Our Opinions; For Otherwise Everything Will Be Full Of Uncertainty And Confusion.

A Blessed And Indestructible Being Has No Trouble Himself And Brings No Trouble Upon Any Other Being; So He Is Free From Anger And Partiality, For All Such Things Imply Weakness.

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