“When Zeno received news of a shipwreck and heard that all his luggage had been sunk he said, 'Fortune bids me to… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“If you look on wealth as a thing to be valued your imaginary poverty will cause you torment.” — Seneca 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 Copy Share Image
“For the wise man does not consider himself unworthy of any gifts from Fortune’s hands: he does not love wealth but he… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“reflect how pleasant it is to demand nothing, how noble it is to be contented and not to be dependent upon Fortune.” — Seneca Copy Share Image
“As to what the future's uncertain lot has in store, why should I demand of Fortune that she give rather than demand… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Some vices delight them as being proofs of their prosperity; it seems the part of a man who is very lowly and… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“prosperity does not elevate the sage and adversity does not depress him. For he has always made the effort to rely as… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“It is in times of security that the spirit should be preparing itself for difficult times; while fortune is bestowing favors on… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“All the greatest blessings are a source of anxiety, and at no time should fortune be less trusted than when it is… — 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 Copy Share Image
“And so, if only we are willing to withdraw our necks from the yoke, we can keep as stout a heart against… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“He who restrains himself within the limits prescribed by nature, will not feel poverty; he who exceeds them will always be poor,… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Would you rather be poor and sated, or rich and hungry? Prosperity is not only greedy, but it also lies exposed to… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“The supreme ideal does not call for any external aids. It is homegrown, wholly self-developed. Once it starts looking outside itself for… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“every individual can make himself happy. External goods are of trivial importance and without much influence in either direction: prosperity does not… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“As far as I am concerned, I know that I have lost not wealth but distractions. The body’s needs are few: it… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing as good or bad fortune for the individual; we live in common.” — Seneca Copy Share Image
“You should, I need hardly say, live in such a way that there is nothing which you could not as easily tell your enemy… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“the wise man is self-sufficient, that he can do without friends, not that he desires to do without them. When I say "can," I… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“This, I say, is the highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom, – that deed and word should be in accord, that” — Seneca 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 the many… — Seneca 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 the sun… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“I’ve come across people who say that there is a sort of inborn restlessness in the human spirit and an urge to change one’s… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Withdraw into yourself, as far as you can. Associate with those who will make a better man of you. Welcome those whom you yourself… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“On Epicurus; He says: "Contended poverty is an honourable estate." Indeed, if it is contented, it is not poverty at all. It is not… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“...certain people have good, ordinary blood and others have an animated, lively sort of blood that comes to the face quickly.” — Seneca Copy Share Image
