A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.

Quote by Seneca

Topics: Life Quotes, Philosophical Quotes

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.

Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.

Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.

Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that...

Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that...

We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today?...

We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today?...

Our fears are more numerous than our dangers, and we suffer more in our imagination...

Our fears are more numerous than our dangers, and we suffer more in our imagination...

It is extreme evil to depart from the company of the living before you die

It is extreme evil to depart from the company of the living before you die

Death ne'er can fail the man who wills to die.

Death ne'er can fail the man who wills to die.

Live among men as if God beheld you; speak to God as if men were...

Live among men as if God beheld you; speak to God as if men were...

What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts...

What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts...

We learn not in the school, but in life

We learn not in the school, but in life

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

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

It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare...

It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare...

While we teach, we learn.

While we teach, we learn.

Whom they have injured they also hate

Whom they have injured they also hate

The willing, Destiny guides them; the unwilling, Destiny drags them

The willing, Destiny guides them; the unwilling, Destiny drags them

Voyage, travel, and change of place impart vigor

Voyage, travel, and change of place impart vigor

The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune...

The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune...

There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied...

There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied...

Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation.

Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation.

Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant.

Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant.