We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abort of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.

Quote by Seneca

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Life is neither a good nor an evil: it is a field for good and...

Life is neither a good nor an evil: it is a field for good and...

The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is...

The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is...

To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none

To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity

No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor,...

No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor,...

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.

That grief is light which can take counsel.

That grief is light which can take counsel.

Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature.

Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature.

He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.

He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.

If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.

A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because...

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because...

Abstinence is easier than temperance

Abstinence is easier than temperance

The great blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut...

The great blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut...

He who has great power should use it lightly.

He who has great power should use it lightly.

The belly will not listen to advice.

The belly will not listen to advice.

Generosity gives assistance, rather than advice.

Generosity gives assistance, rather than advice.

I intended to give you some advice, but now I remember how much is left...

I intended to give you some advice, but now I remember how much is left...