Since the things we do determine the character of life, no blessed person can become unhappy. For he will never do those things which are hateful and petty.

Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.

The energy or active exercise of the mind constitutes life.

Greatness of spirit is accompanied by simplicity and sincerity.

There is a cropping-time in the races of men, as in the fruits of the field; and sometimes, if the stock be good, there springs up for a time a succession of splendid men; and then comes a period of barrenness.

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.

He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.