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

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A great step towards independence is good humored stomach

A great step towards independence is good humored stomach

Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.

Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.

Abstinence is easier than temperance

Abstinence is easier than temperance

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

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

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

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...

So enjoy present pleasures as to not mar those to come.

So enjoy present pleasures as to not mar those to come.

Fear drives the wretched to prayer

Fear drives the wretched to prayer

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.

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty

Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days...

Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days...

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

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

A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless...

A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless...

There is no genius free from some tincture of madness

There is no genius free from some tincture of madness

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...

While we teach, we learn.

While we teach, we learn.

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.

Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.

Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.

You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face,...

You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face,...

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into...

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into...