Quotes from Lucius Annaeus Seneca

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.

Every guilty person is his own hangman.

A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.

Success consecrates the most offensive crimes.

In war there is no prize for runner-up.

In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory.

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.

If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin.

The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.

No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to.

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 who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.

Poverty wants some, luxury many, and avarice all things.

One must steer, not talk.

Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than the volumes we can't find.

Life, if well lived, is long enough.

The way is long if one follows precepts, but short... if one follows patterns.

Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down.

Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart.