If wisdom were offered me with the proviso that I should keep it shut up and refrain from declaring it, I should refuse. There's no delight in owning anything unshared.
Seneca the YoungerEvery one has time if he likes. Business runs after nobody: people cling to it of their own free will and think that to be busy is a proof of happiness.
Seneca the YoungerWho shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.
Seneca the YoungerWe should have a bond of sympathy for all sentient beings, knowing that only the depraved and base take pleasure in the sight of blood and suffering.
Seneca the Younger