Seneca

"Better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser."

"Patience is the greatest prayer."

"All cruelty springs from weakness."

"The poor are not those who have little, but those who desire more."

"How does the wise man behave? Calmly and with restraint."

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."

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

"The greatest king must finally bow to death."

"You will die. Others have died. All will die."

"To have what we want is riches, but to be satisfied with what we have is wealth."

"The mind is the ruler of the body, and the will is its instrument."

"A man is as wretched as he has convinced himself he is."

"Deliberate often before action."

"The greatest loss is not to lose a battle, but to lose faith in oneself."

"Hope is the only good thing that is harmless."

"Just as it is madness to wear out the body by luxury, so too it is madness to waste the mind."

"The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are."

"True greatness is simplicity."

"It is not death that a man should fear, but never beginning to live."

"The body is temporary, the mind eternal."

"Do the difficult things while they are easy."

"Anger is a temporary madness."

"The purpose of education is freedom."

"To be everywhere is to be nowhere."

"The only thing we truly possess is time."

"The mind is something too great to be shut up within one body."

"Sincere friendship is not to be found in those who have much to gain."

"You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."

"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."