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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He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another

He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another

In every good man a God dwell

In every good man a God dwell

A great mind becomes a great fortune.

A great mind becomes a great fortune.

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...

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...

We live not according to reason, but according to fashion

We live not according to reason, but according to fashion

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...

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...

True wisdom consists in not departing from nature and in molding our conduct according to...

True wisdom consists in not departing from nature and in molding our conduct according to...

A great step towards independence is good humored stomach

A great step towards independence is good humored stomach

Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.

Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

He is most powerful who has power over himself

He is most powerful who has power over himself

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

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

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

He who is brave is free.

He who is brave is free.

You are your choices.

You are your choices.

There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied...

There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied...

The gods only laugh when people ask them for money.

The gods only laugh when people ask them for money.

Some people think they are worth a lot of money just because they have it.

Some people think they are worth a lot of money just because they have it.