Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness. Lucius Annaeus Seneca More Quotes by Lucius Annaeus Seneca More Quotes From Lucius Annaeus Seneca One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Our (The Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely for science is but one. Lucius Annaeus Seneca That grief is light which can take counsel. Lucius Annaeus Seneca The ascent from earth to heaven is not easy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca The best ideas are common property. Lucius Annaeus Seneca The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity. Lucius Annaeus Seneca The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires. Lucius Annaeus Seneca The hour which gives us life begins to take it away. Lucius Annaeus Seneca The pain of a disappointed wish necessarily produces less effect upon the mind if a man has not certainly promised himself success. - De Tranquillitate Animi Lucius Annaeus Seneca The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company. Lucius Annaeus Seneca The soul has this proof of its divinity that divine things delight in it. Lucius Annaeus Seneca The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and perturbations to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future. Lucius Annaeus Seneca There is no genius free from some tincture of madness. Lucius Annaeus Seneca There is nothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Those whom fortune has never favoured are more joyful than those whom she has deserted. Lucius Annaeus Seneca To greed, all nature is insufficient. Lucius Annaeus Seneca