Anger is like a ruin, which, in falling upon its victim, breaks itself to pieces.
Seneca the YoungerOur Creator shall continue to dwell above the sky, and that is where those on earth will end their thanksgiving.
Seneca the YoungerThe man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
Seneca the YoungerThe time will come when diligent research over periods will bring to light things which now lie hidden...Many discoveries are reserved for ages still to come, when memories of us will have been effaced. Our universe is a sorry little affair unless it has something for every age to investigate. nature does not reveal her mysteries once and for all.
Seneca the YoungerI never come back home with the same moral character I went out with; something or other becomes unsettled where I had achieved internal peace; some one or other of the things I had put to flight reappears on the scene.
Seneca the YoungerNo man is nobler born than another, unless he is born with better abilities and a more amiable disposition. They who make such a parade with their family pictures and pedigrees, are, properly speaking, rather to be called noted or notorious than noble persons. I thought it right to say this much, in order to repel the insolence of men who depend entirely upon chance and accidental circumstances for distinction, and not at all on public services and personal merit.
Seneca the Younger