Marcus Annaeus Seneca

“Whom they have injured, they also hate.”

“There is nothing so bitter that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.”

“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 reaso...”

“Failure changes for the better, success for the worse.”

“No evil is without its compensation ... it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss, that troubles us.”

“A man can refrain from wanting what he has not, and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.”

“He who receives a benefit with gratitude repays the first installment on his debt.”

“What is the proper limit for wealth? It is, first, to have what is necessary; and, second, to have what is enough.”

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

“Not he who has little, but he who wishes more, is poor.”

“One who's our friend is fond of us; one who's fond of us isn't necessarily our friend.”

“He who looks for advantage out of friendship strips it all of its nobility.”

“Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.”

“There's some end at last for the man who follows a path; mere rambling is interminable.”

“Unhappy is the man, though he rule the world, who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed.”

“A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.”

“No man can live happily who regards himself alone, who turns everything to his own advantage. Thou must live for another if thou wishest to live for thyself.”

“A man's as miserable as he thinks he is.”

“It is for the superfluous things of life that men sweat.”

“What does reason demand of a man? A very easy thing-to live in accord with his own nature.”