Quotes from Seneca

Most powerful is he who has himself in his power.

No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us out of wits, it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.

No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.

No one can wear a mask for very long.

Not to feel one's misfortunes is not human, not to bear them in not manly.

Nothing deters a good man from doing what is honourable.

Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.

One hand washes the other.

One hand washes the other. (Manus Manum Lavet)

One should count each day a separate life.

Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est. Translated: A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand.

Speech is the mirror of the mind.

Speech is the mirror of the mind. (Imago Animi Sermo Est)

Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is bound in the chain of wishing for ever.

The arts are the servant; wisdom its master.

The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.

The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.

The mind is slow to unlearn what it learnt early.

The most onerous slavery is to be a slave to oneself.

The path of precept is long, that of example short and effectual.

The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is acknowledged it's the intention, not the face-value of the gift, that's weighed.

There is a noble manner of being poor and who does not know it will never be rich.

There is no great genius free from some tincture of madness.

This is the reason we cannot complain of life; it keeps no one against his wll.