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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If you wish to be loved; love

If you wish to be loved; love

I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use:...

I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use:...

He who is brave is free.

He who is brave is free.

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...

To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.

To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.

Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough.

Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough.

No man was ever wise by chance.

No man was ever wise by chance.

Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return

Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return

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...

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another

He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another

The whole world is my native land

The whole world is my native land

The worse a person is the less he feels it.

The worse a person is the less he feels it.

A great step towards independence is good humored stomach

A great step towards independence is good humored stomach

Excessive power sees power beyond its power

Excessive power sees power beyond its power

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Voyage, travel, and change of place impart vigor

Voyage, travel, and change of place impart vigor

It seems positively unnatural to travel without taking a camera along... The very activity of...

It seems positively unnatural to travel without taking a camera along... The very activity of...

All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.

All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.