Seneca The Younger

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

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

Lay hold of today’s task, and you will not depend so much upon tomorrow’s.
-Seneca

When you die, it will not be because you are sick, but because you were alive.
-Seneca

There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
-Seneca

There is no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. For it has never been in his power to try himself.
-Seneca

He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
-Seneca

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

What view is one likely to take of the state of a person’s mind when his speech is wild and incoherent and knows no constraint?
– Seneca

Living a long life requires only good fortune, but living a full life requires character.
-Seneca