True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence on the future; not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears, but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is…

Quote by Seneca

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Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

The belly will not listen to advice.

The belly will not listen to advice.

While we teach, we learn.

While we teach, we learn.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

So enjoy present pleasures as to not mar those to come.

So enjoy present pleasures as to not mar those to come.

Fidelity that is bought with money may be overcome with money

Fidelity that is bought with money may be overcome with money

If wisdom were offered me with this restriction, that I should keep it close and...

If wisdom were offered me with this restriction, that I should keep it close and...

All things are cause for either laughter or weeping.

All things are cause for either laughter or weeping.

Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return

Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return

He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another

He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another

If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in...

If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in...

He who is brave is free.

He who is brave is free.

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain...

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain...

The belly will not listen to advice

The belly will not listen to advice

Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.

Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.

Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.

Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.

The goal of life is living in agreement with nature

The goal of life is living in agreement with nature

You only live once, but if you work it right, once is enough.

You only live once, but if you work it right, once is enough.

Whether you live to be 50 or 100 makes no difference, if you made no...

Whether you live to be 50 or 100 makes no difference, if you made no...