If a man does not know to what port he is steering, no wind is favourable to him.
- Seneca

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labour the body.
- Seneca

All art is an imitation of nature.
- Seneca

Life without the courage for death is slavery.
- Seneca

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
- Seneca

Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favors you have received.
- Seneca

Not to feel one’s misfortunes is not human, not to bear them is not manly.
- Seneca

He will live ill who does not know how to die well.
- Seneca

We most often go astray on a well trodden and much frequented road.
- Seneca

An unpopular rule is never long maintained.
- Seneca

It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
- Seneca

Delay not; swift the flight of fortune’s greatest favors.
- Seneca

He who spares the wicked injures the good.
- Seneca

Nothing deters a good man from doing what is honorable.
- Seneca

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
- Seneca

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
- Seneca

Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
- Seneca

He who boasts of his ancestry is praising the deeds of another.
- Seneca

As was his language so was his life.
- Seneca

The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
- Seneca

Fate rules the affairs of mankind with no recognizable order.
- Seneca

The most onerous slavery is to be a slave to oneself.
- Seneca

Where the speech is corrupted, the mind is also.
- Seneca

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
- Seneca

Let tears flow of their own accord: their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony.
- Seneca

Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgment-seat of the Gods.
- Seneca

It should be our care not so much to live a long life as a satisfactory one.
- Seneca

Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
- Seneca