What once were vices are now manners.
Seneca.
“It is quality rather than quantity that matters.”
“For what prevents us from saying that the happy life is to have a mind that is free, lofty, fearless and steadfast - a mind that is placed beyond the reach of fear, beyond the reach of desire, that...”
“Life is like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.”
“f you wish to put off all worry, assume that what you fear may happen is certainly going to happen.”
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.”
“A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.”
“While our country remains untainted with the principles and manners which are now producing desolation in so many parts of the world; while she continues sincere, and incapable of insidious and imp...”
“Wealth of good manners is what no one can steal from you. You can keep it with you wherever you go.”