"Sometimes even to live is an act of courage." 
-Lucius Annaeus Seneca

"It is rash to condemn where you are ignorant."
-Lucius Annaeus Seneca

"Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones."
-Lucius Annaeus Seneca

"I will govern my life, and my thoughts, as if the whole world were to see the one, and to read the other; for what does it signify to make anything a secret to my neighbor, when to God (who is the searcher of our hearts) all our privacies are open?" 
-Lucius Annaeus Seneca

"A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials."

-Lucius Annaeus Seneca

"The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity."

-Lucius Annaeus Seneca

"One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood." 

-Lucius Annaeus Seneca