The things which we hold in our hands, which we see with our eyes, and which our avarice hugs, are transitory, they… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
It is man's duty to live in conformity with the divine will, and this means, firstly, bringing his life into line with… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
A man who has taken your time recognises no debt; yet it is the one he can never repay. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself; the soul is in heaven even while it is… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
There is nothing that we can properly call our own but our time, and yet everybody fools us out of it who has a… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Men trust rather to their eyes than to their ears; the effect of precepts is therefore slow and tedious, whilst that of examples is… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Men can be divided into 2 groups: one that goes ahead and achieves something, and one that comes after and criticizes. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
He who does not want to die should not want to live. For life is tendered to us with the proviso of death. Life… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Let us not seek our disease out of ourselves; 'tis in us, and planted in our bowels; and the mere fact that we do… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
