We become wiser by adversity prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
If a man does not know to what port he is steering, no wind is favourable to him.
No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it.
As is a tale, so is life not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.
There is a noble manner of being poor and who does not know it will never be rich.
The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.
This body is not a home but an inn, and that only briefly. - Epistulae ad Lucilium
