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 abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.

Quote by Seneca

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It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do...

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do...

When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill.

When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill.

While we teach, we learn.

While we teach, we learn.

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...

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

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

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...

He who is brave is free.

He who is brave is free.

Tis a human trait to hate one you have wronged

Tis a human trait to hate one you have wronged

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...

We learn not in the school, but in life

We learn not in the school, but in life

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes...

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes...

Women give nothing to friendship except what they borrow from love.

Women give nothing to friendship except what they borrow from love.

Courage leads to heaven; fear to death.

Courage leads to heaven; fear to death.

A well-governed appetite is a great part of liberty

A well-governed appetite is a great part of liberty

Nothing is more dishonorable than an old man, heavy with years, who has no other...

Nothing is more dishonorable than an old man, heavy with years, who has no other...

Death's the discharge of our debt of sorrow

Death's the discharge of our debt of sorrow

A multitude of executions discredits a king, as a multitude of funerals a doctor

A multitude of executions discredits a king, as a multitude of funerals a doctor

Funeral by funeral, theory advances

Funeral by funeral, theory advances

The first funeral for Andrew Goodman was at night and it was a lot of...

The first funeral for Andrew Goodman was at night and it was a lot of...

He would make a lovely corpse.

He would make a lovely corpse.