342 Quotes by Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.

If thou live according to nature, thou wilt never be poor; if according to the opinions of the world, thou wilt never be rich.

I will govern my life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and read the other, for what does it signify to make anything a secret to my neighbor, when to God, who is the searcher of our hearts, all our privacies are open?

He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.

A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.

He who boasts of his descent, praises the deed of another.

The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin.

He is a king who fears nothing, he is a king who desires nothing!

Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.