Letters From A Stoic: Epistulae Morales AD Lucilium (Illustrated. Newly revised text. Includes Image Gallery + Audio): All Three Volumes

by Seneca

the largest portion of our life passes while we are doing ill, a goodly share while we are doing nothing, and the whole while we are doing that which is not to the purpose.

Nothing,

is ours, except time.

The primary indication, to my thinking, of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company.

Do you ask what is the proper limit to wealth? It is, first, to have what is necessary, and, second, to have what is enough.

It is the sign of an unstable mind not to be able to endure riches.

No good thing is pleasant to possess, without friends to

share it.

"What progress, you ask, have I made? I have begun to be a friend to myself." That was indeed a great benefit; such a person can never be alone. You may be sure that such a man is a friend to all mankind.

you should not copy the bad simply because they are many, nor should you hate the many because they are unlike you.