The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and perturbations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future

Quote by Seneca

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The courts of kings are full of men, empty of friends.

The courts of kings are full of men, empty of friends.

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

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

He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another

He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another

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?...

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...

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity

Whatever is to make us better and happy, God has placed either openly before us...

Whatever is to make us better and happy, God has placed either openly before us...

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...

You are your choices.

You are your choices.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

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...

He who forbids not sin when he may, commands it

He who forbids not sin when he may, commands it

We are more often frightened than hurt: our troubles spring more often from fancy than...

We are more often frightened than hurt: our troubles spring more often from fancy than...

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.

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...

I should be getting photographs of me with my arm around these people like restaurant...

I should be getting photographs of me with my arm around these people like restaurant...

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

Don't think for a moment that I'm really like any of the characters I've played....

Don't think for a moment that I'm really like any of the characters I've played....

By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed.

And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed.

I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down...

I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down...