Marcus Annaeus Seneca Quotes

There is nothing so bitter that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

Where fear is happiness is not.

We are more often frightened than hurt and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.

Failure changes for the better success for the worse.

No evil is without its compensation ... it is not the loss itself but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.

He who receives a benefit with gratitude repays the first installment on his debt.

What is the proper limit for wealth? It is first to have what is necessary and second to have what is enough.

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

One who's our friend is fond of us one who's fond of us isn't necessarily our friend.

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.

There's some end at last for the man who follows a path mere rambling is interminable.