On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
Seneca the YoungerNothing is more disgraceful than that an old man should have nothing to show to prove that he has lived long, except his years.
Seneca the YoungerI know that nothing comes to pass but what God appoints; our fate is decreed, and things do not happen by chance, but every man's portion of joy and sorrow is predetermined.
Seneca the YoungerThe condition of all who are preoccupied is wretched, but most wretched is the condition of those who labor at preoccupations that are not even their own, who regulate their sleep by that of another, their walk by the pace of another, who are under orders in case of the freest things in the world-loving and hating. If these wish to know how short their life is, let them reflect how small a part of it is their own.
Seneca the Younger