Seneca the Younger

The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.

Seneca the Younger

The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.

Seneca the Younger

The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.

Seneca the Younger

The man who thinks only of his own generation is born for few.

Seneca the Younger

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. It is more powerful than external circumstances.

Seneca the Younger

The sun shines even on the wicked.

Seneca the Younger

There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.

Seneca the Younger

There is no person so severely punished, as those who subject themselves to the whip of their own remorse.

Seneca the Younger

There is nothing the busy man is less busied with than living; there is nothing harder to learn.

Seneca the Younger

This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.

Seneca the Younger