The proper amount of wealth is that which neither descends to poverty nor is far distant from it.
Seneca the YoungerWho-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
Seneca the YoungerIt is the practice of the multitude to bark at eminent men, as little dogs do at strangers.
Seneca the Younger