Seneca
Seneca
cannot excellent pain prolonged remember severe
Remember that pain has this most excellent quality. If prolonged it cannot be severe, and if severe it cannot be prolonged.
insult
It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.
change fault riches
The acquisition of riches has been to many not an end to their miseries, but a change in them: The fault is not in the riches, but the disposition.
articulate mere noise voice
The articulate voice is more distracting than mere noise
man sick
It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
art bear borne bravely cannot endured girl midst pain scorned short slight thou
Pain, scorned by yonder gout-ridden wretch, endured by yonder dyspeptic in the midst of his dainties, borne bravely by the girl in travail. Slight thou art, if I can bear thee, short thou art if I cannot bear thee!
compelling enter equal fortune freedom lists means slave
Freedom is not being a slave to any circumstance, to any constraint, to any chance; it means compelling Fortune to enter the lists on equal terms.
favorable man port wind
If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him.
courage fortune
Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.
according nature opinions thou wilt
If thou live according to nature, thou wilt never be poor; if according to the opinions of the world, thou wilt never be rich.
close either god openly placed whatever
Whatever is to make us better and happy, God has placed either openly before us or close to us.
bounds due security state whatever
Whatever has overstepped its due bounds is always in a state of instability.
genius mixture
There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
avarice evil promise promises purple rewards robe varied vices
There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied assortment of pleasures; ambition, a purple robe and applause. Vices tempt you by the rewards they offer.