Lucius Annaeus Seneca:
(Córdoba (Spain), ± 4 BC. – near Rome, 65 AD).
Roman writer and stoic philosopher, who held an important position in Rome during the time of Emperor Nero. This Seneca is also known as Seneca minor (Seneca the younger), to distinguish him from his father, Seneca Maior (Seneca the elder), the orator.
Don’t buy what you can use, but what you need.
Whoever messes up his present is the slave of his future.
We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.
To complain that someone has died is to complain that someone is mortal.
No slavery is more shameful than voluntary slavery.
Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
A person who follows rationality will never experience poverty, while someone who lets opinions control their life will never achieve wealth.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
To want is to be able, not to want is to have to.
No time is too short for the wicked to injure their neighbors.
There is no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. For it has never beeen in his power to try himself.
Economising when the bottom is already visible comes too late.
Withdraw into yourself, as far as you can. Associate with those who will make a better man of you. Welcome those whom you yourself can improve. The process is mutual; for men learn while they teach.
