If wisdom were offered me with this restriction, that I should keep it close and not communicate it, I would refuse the gift.
Seneca the YoungerWe are at best but stewards of what we falsely call our own; yet avarice is so insatiable that it is not in the power of liberality to content it.
Seneca the YoungerThe key to getting everything you want is to never put all your begs in one ask-it!
Seneca the YoungerIt is man's duty to live in conformity with the divine will, and this means, firstly, bringing his life into line with 'nature's laws', and secondly, resigning himself completely and uncomplainingly to whatever fate may send him. Only by living thus, and not setting too high a value on things which can at any moment be taken away from him, can he discover that true, unshakeable peace and contentment to which ambition, luxury and above all avarice are among the greatest obstacles.
Seneca the Younger