I do not know of a better cure for sorrow than to pity somebody else.

Pedigrees seldom improve by age; the grandson is too often a weak infringement on the grandsire's parent.

It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

The less we know the more we suspect

If the world despises a hypocrite, what must they think of him in heaven?

Seneca devoted much of his time to writing essays in praise of poverty, and in lending money at usurious rates.