Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
Seneca in Moral Letters to Lucilius
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god.
Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
There is nothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.
It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have.
To strive with an equal is dangerous with a superior, mad with an inferior, degrading.
What does reason demand of a man A very easy thing--to live in accord with his nature.
What does reason demand of a man? A very easy thing--to live in accord with his nature.
Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us that injury that provokes it.
