Is He Neither Able Nor Willing? Then

Either God Wants To Abolish Evil, And Cannot; Or He Can And Does Not Want To. If He Wants To, But Cannot, He Is Impotent. If He Can, But Does Not Want To, He Is Wicked. If, As They Say, God Can Abolish Evil, And God Really Wants To Do It, Why Is There Evil In The World?

Stranger, Here You Will Do Well To Tarry; Here Our Highest Good Is Pleasure.

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

The Fool’s Life Is Empty Of Gratitude And Full Of Fears; Its Course Lies Wholly Toward The Future.

A Strict Belief In Fate Is The Worst Of Slavery, Imposing Upon Our Necks An Everlasting Lord And Tyrant, Whom We Are To Stand In Awe Of Night And Day.