My advice is really this: what we hear the philosophers saying and what we find in their writings should be applied in our pursuit of the happy life. We should hunt out the helpful pieces of teaching and the spirited and noble-minded sayings which are capable of immediate practical application-not far far-fetched or archaic expressions or extravagant metaphors and figures of speech-and learn them so well that words become works.
Seneca the YoungerIt’s in the very trickery that it pleases me. But show me how the trick is done, and I have lost my interest therein.
Seneca the YoungerLet tears flow of their own accord; their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony.
Seneca the YoungerWe should live as if we were in public view, and think, too, as if someone could peer into the inmost recesses of our hearts-which someone can!
Seneca the Younger