Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Age
Life's like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Life
Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Veteransday
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Business
Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Travel
A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man in fever. Just so should a wise man treat all mankind, as a physician does his patient, and look upon them only as sick and extravagant. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Medical
True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Future
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Wisdom
We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Money
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. Lucius Annaeus Seneca War