Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

That is never too often repeated, which is never sufficiently learned.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man... It is more powerful than external circumstances.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The things hardest to bear are sweetest to remember.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The way is long if one follows precepts, but short... if one follows patterns.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca