Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment

Quote by Seneca

Topics: Friendship Quotes

Fidelity that is bought with money may be overcome with money.

Fidelity that is bought with money may be overcome with money.

Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by...

Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by...

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.

Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.

Fear drives the wretched to prayer

Fear drives the wretched to prayer

Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.

Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.

Advice is worth what you pay for it

Advice is worth what you pay for it

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...

Live with men as if God saw you; converse with God as if men heard...

Live with men as if God saw you; converse with God as if men heard...

God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the...

God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the...

The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.

The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.

Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.

Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.

Sadness usually results from one of the following causes either when a man does not...

Sadness usually results from one of the following causes either when a man does not...

Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.

Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.

Courage leads to heaven; fear to death.

Courage leads to heaven; fear to death.

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

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

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty

Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a...

Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a...

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.