Seneca ( 10 of 106 )
Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your read more
Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.
He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another.
He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another.
What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.
What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.
It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and prefer things in measure to things in excess.
It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and prefer things in measure to things in excess.
Abstinence is easier than temperance
Abstinence is easier than temperance
Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature.
Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature.
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in read more
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.
A man who suffers before it is necessary,
suffers more than is
necessary.
A man who suffers before it is necessary,
suffers more than is
necessary.
