Seneca

"Withdraw into yourself, but first prepare a sanctuary there."

"No one can live happily who looks only to himself and turns everything to his own advantage."

"It is precisely in times of immunity from care that the soul should toughen itself."

"Life is long if you know how to use it."

"Just as it is madness to hate all mankind because some are wicked, so it is madness to love all because some are good."

"The disgrace lies not in doing things, but in doing them unwillingly."

"A blazing fire makes flame and brightness out of everything that is thrown into it."

"Even the smallest thing, if it be continuous, counts for much."

"Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable."

"True praise and commendation come from within yourself."

"You have within yourself a little god. What god?—a spark of divinity."

"Forbearance and courtesy are never wasted."

"The greatest progress is made by those who profit by the experience of others."

"Do nothing because of rivalry or because of hope for reward; do everything because of duty."

"It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it."

"Remember to be of service to those you love."

"Freedom can neither be given nor taken away; it is our natural state."

"The obstacle is the way."

"Our plans miscarry because they have no aim."

"Misfortune is a test of integrity."

"True silence is the art of conversation."

"To wish to be well is a part of becoming well."

"Beware of desiring what cannot be yours."

"You will always find some Eskimo ready to instruct the Congolese on how to live in the jungle."

"A man ceases to be cowardly the moment he wishes to take flight."

"The sick man is not served by medicine if he refuses to obey the physician."

"Change is the only constant in life."

"Those who wish to be wiser than others are usually fools."

"The noble soul has reverence for itself."

"Virtue is the only true good."