There is no benefit so large that malignity will not lessen it; none so narrow that a good interpretation will not enlarge it.
Seneca the YoungerThe voice of flattery affects us after it has ceased, just as after a concert men find some agreeable air ringing in their ears to the exclusion of all serious business.
Seneca the YoungerNo man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
Seneca the Younger