Seneca: On The Love Of Wisdom
True good is: honorable purpose, right action, and a calm way of living. We must always be ready to have lived enough.
The joy of reading old books:
“The foundation of a sound mind is to not find joy in useless things.
Do not place our happiness in the control of externals.
Baubles afford but a thin pleasure.
Cast aside and trample under foot all those things that glitter outwardly.True good is: good conscience, honorable purpose, right action, and an even and calm way of living.
Decide what we wish for ourselves in life, and control our affairs with a guiding purpose.
We must always make it our aim to be ready to have lived enough.”
— Seneca