Seneca Quotes


Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation. Seneca Moderation 218
Economy is too late at the bottom of the purse. Seneca Economy 199
The greatest remedy for anger is delay. Seneca Anger 151
A great fortune is a great slavery. Seneca Wealth 115
Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some one talent. Yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely, for all science is one. Seneca Talent 107
He who injured you was either stronger or weaker. If he was weaker, spare him; if he was stronger, spare yourself. Seneca Wrong 106
Life is neither a good nor an evil, but simply the scene of good and evil. Seneca Life 104
It is not the man who has little, but he who desires more, that is poor. Seneca Desires 94
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured. Seneca Health 93
We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift. Seneca Life 93
He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself. Seneca Strength 93
One should count each day a separate life. Seneca Day 92
Let the man, who would be grateful, think of repaying a kindness, even while receiving it. Seneca Gratitude 90
We are members of one great body planted by nature in a mutual love, and fitted for a social life. We must consider that we were born for the good of the whole. Seneca Goodness 90
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life. Seneca Life 90
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. Seneca Trouble 90
The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future. Seneca Happiness 87
While we teach, we learn. Seneca Learn 85
An unpopular rule is never long maintained. Seneca 85
What once were vices are now manners. Seneca Wrong 84
Economy is in itself a great source of revenue. Seneca Economy 80
Live for thy neighbor if thou wouldst live for thyself. Seneca Neighbors 80
Nothing is so false as human life, nothing so treacherous. God knows no one would have accepted it as a gift, if it had not been given without our knowledge. Seneca Life 80
A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach. Seneca Independence 78
A well-governed appetite is a great part of liberty. Seneca Liberty 75
Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power. Seneca Self 75
Hold fast then to this sound and wholesome rule of life; indulge the body only as far as is needful for health. Seneca Health 74
Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so I shall choose my death when I am about to depart from life. Seneca Choose 73
Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it. Seneca Anger 73
While we are postponing, life speeds by. Seneca Procrastination 71
I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one. Seneca Kindness 71
Counsel your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment. Seneca Friendship 71
The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired. Seneca Adversity 70
Who has more leisure than a worm? Seneca Leisure 70
Men who have made these discoveries before us are not our masters, but our guides. Seneca Guide 70
Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones at hand do more toward a happy life than whole volumes that we know not where to find. Seneca Wisdom 70
The greater part of progress is the desire to progress. Seneca Progress 69
He who receives a benefit with gratitude repays the first installment on his debt. Seneca Gratitude 68
Nothing is more disgraceful than that an old man should have nothing to show to prove that he has lived long, except his years. Seneca Aging 68
Nature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art. Seneca Virtue 65
Wherever there is a human being there is a chance for kindness. Seneca Kindness 65
It is not goodness to be better than the worst. Seneca Goodness 65
If virtue precede us every step will be safe. Seneca 64
Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived misfortune of its power. Seneca Fortune 64
It is better to have useless knowledge than to know nothing. Seneca Knowledge 62
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. Seneca Wisdom 61
Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war. Seneca Adversity 59
Men trust their eyes rather than their ears; the road by precept is long and tedious, by example short and effectual. Seneca Example 57
A hated government does not long survive. Seneca Government 56
We are sure to get the better of fortune if we do but grapple with her. Seneca Fortune 55

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