Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.”

“Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely for science is but one.”

“He that does good to another does good also to himself.”

“To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.”

“Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.”

“Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.”

“Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.”

“If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.”

“Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.”

“The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.”

“We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.”

“The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.”

“I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.”

“Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?”

“There is no great genius without some touch of madness.”

“Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.”

“It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin.”

“The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.”

“The wish for healing has always been half of health.”

“If you wished to be loved, love.”

“Success consecrates the most offensive crimes.”

“Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.”

“Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.”

“The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.”