Seneca

"The wise adapt themselves to circumstances, as water molds itself to the pitcher."

"The wounds of friends are better than the kisses of enemies."

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

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

"The mind that perpetually looks backward is the mind that never moves forward."

"You can tell the character of every man when you see how he gives and receives praise."

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

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

"Retirement is the beginning of death for a man without a purpose."

"No one can be deeply asleep who does not first wake."

"The fault is greater when many are not merely idle but positively mischievous."

"Acquire the wealth that is native to your own country; labor is sweet when practiced by choice."

"Often a very old man has no advantage over a very young one, except the experience of having lived longer."

"The same wind that fills one sail empties another; success and failure are not opposites but angles of light."

"True honor seldom comes from the accumulation of possessions."

"The secret to immortality is the work you produce and the lives you touch."

"To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom."

"Words are the clothing of thoughts."

"The greatest form of maturity is accepting you cannot control all outcomes."

"In life, as in the gymnasium, the effort counts, not the achievement."

"A man of true nobility fears not death but dishonor."

"The chief reason people exist is to help one another."

"You have within you, right now, all the resources you will ever need."

"Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs."

"That man's life will be fretful and confused whose aims are not clear."

"True pleasures can never be purchased; they are gained through experience and understanding."

"Poverty brought into conformity with the law of nature is wealth of the highest kind."

"The man who fears something gives it power over him."

"An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes."

"The only wealth in the world is life and health."