He who cannot see the truth for himself, nor, hearing it from others, store it away in his mind, that man is utterly worthless.

Happiness does not lie in amusement; it would be strange if one were to take trouble and suffer hardship all one's life in order to amuse oneself.

The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor.

The citizens begin by giving up some part of the constitution, and so with greater ease the government change something else which is a little more important, until they have undermined the whole fabric of the state.

The least deviation from truth will be multiplied later.

This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time. Seneca Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends behave to us