Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
SENECA THE YOUNGERYou can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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Injustice never rules forever.
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If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
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Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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In 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.
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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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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