A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. — Marcus Annaeus Seneca
Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display? — Marcus Annaeus Seneca
We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today? — Marcus Annaeus Seneca
What difference does it make how much you have? what you do not have amounts to much more. — Marcus Annaeus Seneca
What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the superfluous we sweat. — Marcus Annaeus Seneca
Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down. — Marcus Annaeus Seneca
We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the Gods. — Marcus Annaeus Seneca
To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power. — Marcus Annaeus Seneca
True happiness is… to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future. — Marcus Annaeus Seneca
We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality. — Marcus Annaeus Seneca