It Is Not So Much Our Friends'

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.

Earthquakes May Be Brought About Because Wind Is Caught Up In The Earth, So The Earth Is Dislocated In Small Masses And Is Continually Shaken, And That Causes It To Sway.

There Is Nothing To Fear From Gods, There Is Nothing To Feel In Death, Good Can Be Attained, Evil Can Be Endured.

Pleasure Is The Beginning And The End Of Living Happily. Epicurus Taught: Pleasure, Defined As Freedom From Pain, Is The Highest Good.

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