“It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence.” — Seneca · Moral essays
“Retire into yourself as much as you can. Associate with those who will make a better man of you.” — Seneca · Letters to Lucilius, Letter 7
“It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.” — Seneca · Letters to Lucilius, Letter 2
“Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.” — Seneca · Letters to Lucilius