Seneca the Younger

Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.

Seneca the Younger

Before old age I took care to live well; in old age I take care to die well; but to die well is to die willingly.

Seneca the Younger

Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.

Seneca the Younger

Consider an enemy may become a friend.

Seneca the Younger

Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.

Seneca the Younger

Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.

Seneca the Younger

Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insinuating and insidious something that elicits secrets just like love or liquor.

Seneca the Younger

Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.

Seneca the Younger

Crime requires further crime to conceal it.

Seneca the Younger

Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.

Seneca the Younger