SenecaThinkers

Anger is like rain which breaks itself whereon it falls.

Beauty is a fleeting blossom; so much so that wisdom can hardly rely upon its momentary delight.

The Body is not a home but an inn-and that only briefly.

Courage leads to heaven; fear, to death.

Dignity increases more easily than it begins.

Drunkenness is nothing else than a voluntary madness.

Fortune is gentle to the lowly, and heaven strikes the humble with a light hand.

Friendship always benefits, while love sometimes injures.

Frugality comes too late when all is spent.

God is not to be worshiped with sacrifices and blood ; for what pleasure can He have in the slaughter of the innocent? but with a pure mind, a good and honest purpose. Temples are not to be built for Him with stones piled on high ; God is to be consecrated in the breast of each.