Seneca was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist, whose works profoundly influenced Stoic thought and literature.

"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."

"Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body."

"We suffer more often in imagination than in reality."

"It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor."

"As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters."

"Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life."

"He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary."

"If you want to live, do not worry about your possessions."

"We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more in imagination than in reality."

"The greatest remedy for anger is delay."

"It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness."

"Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms—you’ll be able to use them better when you’re older."

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

"Associate with people who are likely to improve you."

"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end."

"It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable."

"Nothing, to my way of thinking, is a better proof of a well-ordered mind than a man’s ability to stop just where he is."

"To wish to be well is a part of becoming well."

"Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool."

"The time will come when diligent research over long periods will bring to light things which now lie hidden."