One who's our friend is fond of us; one who's fond of us isn't necessarily our friend.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That's why it satisfies nobody.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile, endure awhile, believe always, and never turn back.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
The good things that belong to prosperity are to be wished, but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it in expecting evil before it arrives?Marcus Annaeus Seneca
There's one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
There's some end at last for the man who follows a path; mere rambling is interminable.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
Unhappy is the man, though he rule the world, who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed! What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired?Marcus Annaeus Seneca
What is the proper limit for wealth? It is, first, to have what is necessary; and, second, to have what is enough.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
What you think about yourself is much more important than what others think of you.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
