God has not revealed all things to man and has entrusted us with but a fragment of His mighty work. But He who directs all things, who has established and laid the foundation of the world, who has clothed Himself with Creation, He is greater and better than that which He has wrought. Hidden from our eyes, He can only be reached by the spirit.
Seneca the YoungerThere is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won't make the crooked straight.
Seneca the YoungerHow much longer are you going to be a pupil? From now on do some teaching as well.
Seneca the YoungerVirtue is that perfect good, which is the complement of a happy life; the only immortal thing that belongs to mortality.
Seneca the Younger