Life is like a play: it’s not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.
SENECABe not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.
More Seneca Quotes
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Regard a friend as loyal, and you will make him loyal.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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No man is free who is a slave to the flesh.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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Time discovers truth. Time heals what reason cannot.
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It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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When you die, it will not be because you are sick, but because you were alive.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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Money has never yet made anyone rich.
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Speech is the mirror of the mind.
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What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.
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He who is brave is free.
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The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.
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Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
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