“It's not that we have little time, but more that we waste a good deal of it.” — Seneca Good deal Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing as good or bad fortune for the individual; we live in common.” — Seneca Bad fortune Copy Share Image
“Not single is the death which comes; the death Which takes us off is but the last of all.” — Seneca Death Copy Share Image
“Believe me if you consult philosophy she will persuade you not to lit so long at your counting desk” — Seneca Philosophy Copy Share Image
Nothing is more dishonorable than an old man, heavy with years, who has no other evidence of his having lived long except… — Seneca Age Copy Share Image
“...there is nothing the wise man does reluctantly. He escapes necessity because he wills what necessity is going to force on him.” — Seneca Wisdom Copy Share Image
“It is so, my dear Lucilius; there are a few men whom slavery holds fast, but there are many more who hold… — Seneca Hold fast Copy Share Image
“The first thing which philosophy undertakes to give is fellow-feeling with all men; in other words, sympathy and sociability.” — Seneca Fellow feeling Copy Share Image
“We are members of one great body, planted by nature…. We must consider that we were born for the good of the… — Seneca Goodness Copy Share Image
“The happy man, therefore, is he who can make a right judgment in all things: he is happy who in his present… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“I never spend a day in idleness; I appropriate even a part of the night for study. I do not allow time… — Seneca Education Copy Share Image
“The day has already begun to lessen. It has shrunk considerably, but yet will still allow a goodly space of time if… — Seneca Time Copy Share Image
“Suspice, etiam si decidunt, magna conantes " "Admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail" "Admira, incluso si caen, a… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“In protecting their wealth men are tight-fisted, but when it comes to the matter of time, in the case of the one… — Seneca Matter of time Copy Share Image
“I wish Lucilius you had been so happy as to have taken this resolution long ago I wish we had not deferred… — Seneca Death Copy Share Image
“If you look on wealth as a thing to be valued you’ll always fancy yourself to be short of the things you… — Seneca Fortune Copy Share Image
“But consider whether you may not get more help from the customary method[1] than from that which is now commonly called a… — Seneca Good old days Copy Share Image
“But," comes the reply, "I am being driven from the farm which my father and grandfather owned!" Well? Who owned the land… — Seneca Parenting Copy Share Image
“We are in the habit of saying that it was not in our power to choose the parents who were allotted to… — Seneca Children Copy Share Image
“Virtue alone affords everlasting and peace-giving joy; even if some obstacle arise, it is but like an intervening cloud, which floats beneath… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Turn to philosophy, therefore, with all your soul, sit at her feet, cherish her; a great distance will then begin to separate… — Seneca Philosophy Copy Share Image
“It is not that we have a short space of time, but that we waste much of it. Life is long enough,… — Seneca Life Copy Share Image
“You are living as if destined to live for ever; your own frailty never occurs to you; you don’t notice how much… — Seneca Death Copy Share Image
“But both courses are to be avoided; you should not copy the bad simply because they are many, nor should you hate… — Seneca Better man Copy Share Image
“We must limit the running to and fro which most men practise, rambling about houses, theatres, and marketplaces. They mind other men's… — Seneca Copy Share Image