Lucius Annaeus Seneca And Quotations

He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.

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

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.

One crime has to be concealed by another.

There is a noble manner of being poor, and who does not know it will never be rich.

He has committed the crime who profits by it.

Not he who has little, but he whose wishes more, is poor.

Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.

When ever the speech is corrupted so is the mind.

There is nothing more despicable than an old man who has no other proof than his age to offer of his having lived long in the world.

As for old age, embrace and love it. It abounds with pleasure if you know how to use it. The gradually declining years are among the sweetest in a man's life, and I maintain that, even when they have reached the extreme limit, they have their pleasure still.

A foolishness is inflicted with a hatred of itself.

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.

Economy is too late when you are at the bottom of your purse.