For that nobody is well, or that nobody can be well, is in effect the same thing; and, in my opinion, that no man is truly wise, or that no man can be truly wise, is likewise the same thing.

But I will insist no further on so self-evident a point.

Telamon in one verse decides the question.

If, says he, there is a Divine Providence, Good men would be happy, bad men miserable.
But it is not so.

If the Gods had regarded mankind, they should have made them all virtuous; but if they did not regard the welfare of all mankind, at least they ought to have provided for the happiness of the virtuous.