Horace II.14 Haiku

Eheu Postume,
senectam et mutuum
ibit omne.

Haiku Carpe Diem

Si carpe diem,
dum nec credes posterum,
nec reseco aestam.

Epicurian

In the story of "The List," Epicurian philosophy can be found. The note of things to do which Toad creates can be seen as the God and Goddesses of Roman religion. To Epicurus, they would not bother to pay attention to the mortal world, and so mortals should not rely on the Gods to do everything for them. Toad relied on the note to tell him what to do, and when it abandoned him by blowing away in the wind, he was lost and just sat doing nothing. Therefore, it can be tied back to Epicurian philosophy, by saying that the note, like the Gods, should not have so much devotion placed into it, and that people should be more independent. Another Epicurian theme from Frog and Toad was the story "Cookies." It taught that overindulgence that makes you happy is a good thing, but if it is not permanent, then the pleasure is not real. Epicurus did not want overindulgence of food to be part of his philosophy, but people somehow connected it to that over the years. At the end of the story however, toad was not happy.
A third story, called "It's Mine," showed that true please came from sharing and enjoying the time you had with others. Before, the three frogs of the story would always be greedy and bicker, some Epicurian philosophy discouraged, but when they worked together, they were much happier. So the story reinforced the idea of unnecessary pleasure and true pleasure.

Horace

According to Epicurian philosophy, poem I.9 would go against some of the teachings. For example, the line "permitte divis cetera, qui simul stravere ventos aequore fervido deproeliantis" (line 9-11) suggests that the Gods will take of Thaliarchus. In Epicurian philosophy, the gods do not care about what happens to mortals, they only care about their own business.
However, it does follow the idea of attaining pleasure. "Quid sit futurum cras, fuge quaerere et quem Fors dierum cumque dabit, lucro appone nec dulcis amores sperne puer neque tu choreas, donec virenti canities abest morosa" (line 13-18) shows that Horace is encouraging people not to worry about things and to enjoy life while you can. Happiness, in this case, also comes from the pleasures of sweet love and dancing. Epicurus claimed that true pleasure was that which was not temporary and to avoid greed, ambition, ans superstitions. Dance and love do not fall into those categories. Therefore, Horace would be encouraging Epicurian philosophy this way.