Seneca
Seneca
desires fears king
He is a king who fears nothing, he is a king who desires nothing!
contentment deprived endure endured happy highest lowest man misfortune
Happy the man who can endure the highest and the lowest fortune. He, who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity, has deprived misfortune of its power.
certainty delay depend depends forward greatest loss relinquish time time-and-time-management
The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we have in our power, and look forward to that which depends upon chance, and so relinquish a certainty for an uncertainty.
drag fate fates lead
The fates lead the willing, and drag the unwilling.
anticipate foolish wretched
Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes.
learning
As long as you live, keep learning how to live.
excellence quality quantity rather
It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
harbor man
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
frivolous meticulous mind presume writers-and-writing
When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
architecture believe
Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
human opportunity
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.
frailty greatness man true
It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god.
half health
The wish for healing has always been half of health.
confess laid people waking
Why do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams.