Man is my brother, and I am nearer related to him through his vices than I am through his virtue.

Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for words.

Friendship is like earthenware, once broken, it can be mended; love is like a mirror, once broken that ends it.

There is no passion of the human heart that promises so much and pays so little as revenge.

You should always live within your income, even if you have to borrow to do so.

It's a wise man who profits by his own experience, but it's a good deal wiser one who lets the rattlesnake bite the other fellow.

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