A man can refrain from wanting what he has not, and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
For the great benefits of our being - our life, health, and reason - we look upon ourselves.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
He who receives a benefit with gratitude repays the first installment on his debt.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
No evil is without its compensation; it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss, that troubles us.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
No man can live happily who regards himself alone, who turns everything to his own advantage. Thou must live for another if thou wishest to live for thyself.Marcus Annaeus Seneca