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Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)

(4 BC – AD 65) Often known simply as Seneca. A Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the "Silver Age of Latin literature", son of Seneca the Elder. He was tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero.

A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

A great fortune is a great slavery.

A great mind becomes a great fortune.

A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.

A man's as miserable as he thinks he is.

As long as you live, keep learning how to live.

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.

Crime when it succeeds is called virtue.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.