The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
Seneca the YoungerBut when you are looking on anyone as a friend when you do not trust him as you trust yourself, you are making a grave mistake, and have failed to grasp sufficiently the full force of true friendship.
Seneca the YoungerMoney does all things for reward. Some are pious and honest as long as they thrive upon it, but if the devil himself gives better wages, they soon change their party.
Seneca the YoungerTo want simply what is enough nowadays suggests to people primitiveness and squalor.
Seneca the Younger