539 Quotes by Seneca the Younger

Haste trips up its own heels, fetters and stops itself.

There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.

One must steer, not talk.

The fates lead the willing, and drag the unwilling.

Nothing is so contemptible as the sentiments of the mob.

If a man does not know to what port he is steering, no wind is favorable to him. Ignoranti quem portum petat, nullus suus ventus est.

Philosophy alone makes the mind invincible, and places us out of the reach of fortune, so that all her arrows fall short of us.

Everything hangs on one’s thinking.

When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.