"A good character is the only guarantee of everlasting, carefree happiness." Seneca, Letters from a Stoic, Letter XXVII #stoicquotes

"A person who has learned how to die has unlearned how to be a slave." Seneca, Letters from a Stoic, Letter XXVI #stoicquotes

"It is in times of security that the spirit should be preparing itself to deal with difficult times; while fortune is bestowing favours on it then it is the time to be strengthened against her rebuffs."
Seneca, Letters from a Stoic, Letter XVIII #stoicquotes

Quotes Epicurus: "If you shape your life according to nature, you will never be poor; if according to people's opinions, you will never be rich." Seneca, Letters from a Stoic, Letter XVI #stoicquotes

"For it is silly, my dear Lucilius, and no way for an educated man to behave, to spend one's time exercising the biceps, broadening the neck and shoulders and developing the lungs." Seneca, Letters from a Stoic, Letter XV #stoicquotes

"The man who looks for the morrow without worrying over it knows a peaceful independence and a happiness beyond all others."
Seneca, Letters from a Stoic, Letter XII #stoicquotes

"Happy the man who improves other people not merely when he is in their presence but even when he is in their thoughts!" Seneca, Letters from a Stoic, Letter XI #stoicquotes

(This letter is also about public appearances and grown up men blushing.)

"To procure friendship only for better and not for worse is to rob it of all its dignity." Seneca, Letters from a Stoic, Letter IX

"Reflect that nothing merits admiration except the spirit, the impressiveness of which prevents it from being impressed by anything." Seneca, Letters from a Stoic, Letter VIII

"Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those whom you are capable of improving. The process is a mutual one: men learn as they teach." Seneca, Letters from a Stoic, Letter VII

"There is no enjoying the possession of anything valuable unless one has someone to share it with." Seneca, Letters from a Stoic, Letter VI

Seneca. Letters from a Stoic. Penguin Classics. 1969, reprinted 2004. Selected and Translated with an Introduction by Robin Campbell.

"Seneca, all the same, may well be history's most notable example of a man who failed to live up to his principles."

"Limiting one's desire actually helps to cure one of fear." Seneca, Letters from a Stoic, Letter V

"After friendship is formed you must trust, but before that you must judge." Seneca, Letters from a Stoic, Letter III

"To be everywhere is to be nowhere." Seneca, Letters from a Stoic, Letter II

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