Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Fidelity purchased with money, money can destroy.
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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Teach the art of living well.
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The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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There has never been any great genius without a spice of madness.
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It is opportunity that makes the thief.
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Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
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Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.
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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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No man is free who is a slave to the flesh.
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We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing.
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Virtue is nothing else than right reason
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Those that are a friend to themselves are sure to be a friend to all.
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Many person might have achieved wisdom had they not supposed that they already possessed it.
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No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us out of wits, it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.
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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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Hold fast then to this sound and wholesome rule of life; indulge the body only as far as is needful for health.
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How many discoveries are reserved for the ages to come when our memory shall be no more, for this world of ours contains matter for investigation for all generations.
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The soul has this proof of divinity: that divine things delight it.
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Mercy often inflicts death.
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No one can hold absolute power for long, controlled power endures.
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He is a king who fears nothing, he is a king who desires nothing!
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The artist finds a greater pleasure in painting than in having completed the picture.