If you wished to be loved, love.

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

In war there is no prize for runner-up.

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory.

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

It is another's fault if he is ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin.

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Life's like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

No man was ever wise by chance.

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to.

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca