Quotes from Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.

The things hardest to bear are sweetest to remember.

Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.

A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty.

May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one.

What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.

Expecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today.

It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.

A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand.

That is never too often repeated, which is never sufficiently learned.

Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes.

It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess.

A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

Every sin is the result of a collaboration.

The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin.

A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.

If you judge, investigate.

Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.

As long as you live, keep learning how to live.

A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.

You must live for another if you wish to live for yourself.