Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
SENECA THE YOUNGERLight cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIf you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhat view is one likely to take of the state of a person’s mind when his speech is wild and incoherent and knows no constraint?
SENECA THE YOUNGERHow great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
SENECA THE YOUNGERWe are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already.
SENECA THE YOUNGERTranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.
SENECA THE YOUNGERTo the stars through difficulties.
SENECA THE YOUNGERLuck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
SENECA THE YOUNGERTo govern was to serve, not to rule.
SENECA THE YOUNGERLife without literary studies is death.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHis head was turned by too great success.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIn every good man a God doth dwell.
SENECA THE YOUNGERLet the weary at length possess quiet rest.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhere reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIn the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
SENECA THE YOUNGER