Seneca
Seneca
excellence quality quantity rather
It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
birthday death fear last
The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.
Life's like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.
learning
As long as you live, keep learning how to live.
tool
A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand.
amuse anxious blessings content dependence either enjoy fears great happiness hopes mankind ourselves rest satisfied true wants whatever wise wishing within
True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The great blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.
largest progress wish
To wish to progress is the largest part of progress.
ancestry boast brag owe
Those who boast of their decent, brag on what they owe to others.
fashion vices
What were once vices are the fashion of the day.
deal egyptian palate pleasures strangle whom
The pleasures of the palate deal with us like the Egyptian thieves, who strangle those whom they embrace.
corrupted speakers-and-speaking speech
When ever the speech is corrupted so is the mind.
favorable man port wind
If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him.
courage fortune
Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.
according nature opinions thou wilt
If thou live according to nature, thou wilt never be poor; if according to the opinions of the world, thou wilt never be rich.