It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
Seneca the YoungerMisfortunes, in fine, cannot be avoided; but they may be sweetened, if not overcome, and our lives made happy by philosophy.
Seneca the YoungerThere are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in apprehension than reality.
Seneca the Younger