Seneca

"The foolish fear the unknown; the wise study it."

"He who fears death fears also the approach of death."

"Beauty is the blossom of virtue."

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

"Nature does not make mistakes. When she created mud, she knew what she was doing."

"The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind."

"Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember."

"Silence is sometimes the severest criticism."

"Each man has his own vocation; talent is the call."

"If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit; give it nothing which may increase this evil."

"The heart that is inflated with kindness will not find space for hatred."

"Despair is the only true surrender."

"How many are deceived by the appearance of wealth!"

"We grow old only in the things we neglect."

"Any place where you would like to do anything is the right place to begin."

"The universe is a single living organism, made up of universal substance."

"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends."

"What need have we of knowledge concerning distant and unknown regions?"

"Truth is of little value, unless it has been experienced."

"The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it."

"The man who cannot endure small ills can never accomplish great things."

"As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters."

"In life, the same boomerang keeps coming back to you."

"To live in fear is to live only half a life."

"The greatest of riches is a poverty of wants."

"Justice is nothing else than the interest of the stronger."

"Of all human struggles there is none so treacherous and remorseless as the struggle between the versions of truth which the same events admit."

"Do not despise yourself."

"The happy life consists in tranquility of mind."

"Pain is but the price we pay for consciousness."