Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
SENECA THE YOUNGERCourage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
SENECA THE YOUNGERDon’t stumble over something behind you.
SENECA THE YOUNGEROne who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhile we are postponing, life speeds by.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
SENECA THE YOUNGERSo live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is another’s fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
SENECA THE YOUNGERLight cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
SENECA THE YOUNGERNo man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
SENECA THE YOUNGEREven after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
SENECA THE YOUNGERA large library is apt to distract rather than to instruct the learner; it is much better to be confined to a few authors than to wander at random over many.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
SENECA THE YOUNGERFreedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
SENECA THE YOUNGER