The state of that man's mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable.
Seneca the YoungerI do not distinguish by the eye, but by the mind, which is the proper judge of the man.
Seneca the YoungerTo see a man fearless in dangers, untainted with lusts, happy in adversity, composed in a tumult, and laughing at all those things which are generally either coveted or feared, all men must acknowledge that this can be from nothing else but a beam of divinity that influences a mortal body.
Seneca the Younger