539 Quotes by Seneca the Younger

Sadness usually results from one of the following causes either when a man does not succeed, or is ashamed of his success.

They who have light in themselves will not revolve as satellites.

True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.

To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none.

Nullum ad nocendum tempus angustum est malis. No time is too short for the wicked to injure their neighbors.

Without an adversary prowess shrivels. We see how great and efficient it really is only when it shows by endurance what it is capable of.

You roll my log, and I will roll yours.

Before old age I took care to live well; in old age I take care to die well; but to die well is to die willingly.

The expression of truth is simplicity.