Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes

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

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

Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.

Success consecrates the foulest crimes.

A coward like this deserves to have his life prolonged.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insinuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor.

Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.

All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.