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

Quote by Seneca

Topics: Self Reflection Quotes

All things are cause for either laughter or weeping.

All things are cause for either laughter or weeping.

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

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

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.

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

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

He who profits by a crime commits it

He who profits by a crime commits it

We live not according to reason, but according to fashion

We live not according to reason, but according to fashion

Man at his birth is content with a little milk and a piece of flannel:...

Man at his birth is content with a little milk and a piece of flannel:...

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

It is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of ambition, that it never looks...

It is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of ambition, that it never looks...

The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and perturbations; to understand...

The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and perturbations; to understand...

He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.

He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.

The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires.

The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires.

A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.

A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond...

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond...

He is most powerful who has power over himself

He is most powerful who has power over himself

If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in...

If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in...

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...

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.

Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.

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

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