Ponder for a long time whether you shall admit a given person to your friendship; but when you have decided to admit him, welcome him with all your heart and soul. Speak as boldly with him as with yourself.
Seneca the YoungerChoose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.
Seneca the YoungerIt is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.
Seneca the YoungerIt is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
Seneca the Younger