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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A good character is the only guarantee of everlasting, carefree happiness.

A good character is the only guarantee of everlasting, carefree happiness.

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...

For greed, all nature is too little.

For greed, all nature is too little.

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.

Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.

Life is a gift of the immortal Gods, but living well is the gift of...

Life is a gift of the immortal Gods, but living well is the gift of...

Be harsh with yourself at times.

Be harsh with yourself at times.

Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.

Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.

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

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

Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.

Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.

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.

You are your choices.

You are your choices.

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.

True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present,...

True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present,...

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Adversity precedes growth.

Adversity precedes growth.

I know it seems hard sometimes but remember one thing. Through every dark night, theres...

I know it seems hard sometimes but remember one thing. Through every dark night, theres...

Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of...

Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of...