Launch Your Boat, Blessed Youth, And Flee

The Things You Really Need Are Few And Easy To Come By; But The Things You Can Imagine You Need Are Infinite, And You Will Never Be Satisfied.

Is God Willing To Prevent Evil, But Not Able? Then He Is Not Omnipotent. Is He Able, But Not Willing? Then He Is Malevolent. Is He Both Able And Willing? Then Whence Cometh Evil? Is He Neither Able Nor Willing? Then Why Call Him God?

Do Not Spoil What You Have By Desiring What You Have Not; Remember That What You Now Have Was Once Among The Things You Only Hoped For.

Pleasure Is The First Good. It Is The Beginning Of Every Choice And Every Aversion. It Is The Absence Of Pain In The Body And Of Troubles In The Soul.

The Words Of That Philosopher Who Offers No Therapy For Human Suffering Are Empty And Vain.