It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted. Seneca More Quotes by Seneca More Quotes From Seneca Luck is where opportunity meets preparation. Seneca wherepreparationluckopportunity Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures. Seneca alwayssometimeslovefriendship Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so I shall choose my death when I am about to depart from life. Seneca shipi-amlifedeath Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life. Seneca countbeginlivedaylife While we teach, we learn. Seneca learnwhileteach We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing. Seneca reflectnothinghownever Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness. Seneca voluntarynothingdrunkennessmadness