Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“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.”

“Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.”

“Time discovers truth.”

“I don't trust liberals, I trust conservatives.”

“No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to.”

“We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.”

“In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory.”

“In war there is no prize for runner-up.”

“No man was ever wise by chance.”

“Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk and to make our words and actions all of a color.”

“Love in its essence is spiritual fire.”