My advice is really this: what we hear the philosophers saying and what we find in their writings should be applied in our pursuit of the happy life. We should hunt out the helpful pieces of teaching and the spirited and noble-minded sayings which are capable of immediate practical application-not far far-fetched or archaic expressions or extravagant metaphors and figures of speech-and learn them so well that words become works.
Seneca the YoungerFreedom can't be bought for nothing. If you hold her precious, you must hold all else of little worth.
Seneca the YoungerReason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.
Seneca the Younger