Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
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Let us cherish and love old age; for it is full of pleasure, if you know how to use it. The best morsel is reserved for last.
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No good thing is pleasant without friends to share it.
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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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He is not guilty who is not guilty of his own free will.
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To preserve the life of citizens, is the greatest virtue in the father of his country.
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The Germans, a race eager for war.
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Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
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Speech is the mirror of the mind.
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Love of action is not industry.
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Ignorance is the cause of fear.
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Principles are like seeds; they are little things which do much good, if the mind that receives them has the right attitudes.
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Speech devoted to truth should be straightforward and plain
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.
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A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.
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One who's our friend is fond of us; one who's fond of us isn't necessarily our friend.
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Fidelity purchased with money, money can destroy.
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That which Fortune has not given, she cannot take away.
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Plato once wanted to punish one of his slaves and asked his nephew to do the actual whipping for he himself did not own his anger.
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We are as answerable for what we give as for what we receive; nay, the misplacing of a benefit is worse than the not receiving of it; for the one is another person's fault, but the other is mine.
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Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
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It's a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)