Seneca The Younger

As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.
-Seneca

A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer’s hand.
-Seneca

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

It is not that we are given a short life but we make it short, and we are not ill-supplied but wasteful of it. -Seneca

It is better to conquer our grief than to deceive it. -Seneca

He who indulges in empty fears earns himself real fears.
-Seneca

We should always allow some time to elapse, for time discloses the truth. -Seneca

The things that are essential are acquired with little bother; it is the luxuries that call for toil and effort.
-Seneca

To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its strength and burden.
-Seneca

We should not, like sheep, follow the herd of creatures in front of us, making our way where others go, not where we ought to go.
-Seneca