"A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with; something or other becomes unsettled where I had achieved... - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own se... - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"It is the superfluous things for which men sweat, - superfluous things that wear our togas threadbare, that force us to grow ol... - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists ever... - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great man... - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in apprehension than reality." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca