Seneca

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

“He who fears death will never do anything worthy of a man who is alive.”

“You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire.”

“It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.”

“Life, if well used, is long enough.”

“You are scattered to a thousand things; the wise gather their soul into themselves.”

“Time is the one thing of which it is right to be greedy.”

“All things, Lucilius, belong to others; only time is ours.”

“Hold every hour in your grasp; lay hold of today's task and you will not need to depend so much upon tomorrow's.”

“Cling tooth and nail to the present moment; it is yours.”

“Wherever I turn, I see evidences of my advancing years.”

“Let us cherish and love old age — for it is full of pleasure if one knows how to use it.”

“To consent to live worthily of one's nature is to consent to be a Stoic.”

“Each day acquire something which will fortify you against poverty, against death, indeed, against other misfortunes.”

“Spend your time in studying that which will be of worth to you in the time of crisis.”

“It is in no man's power to have whatever he wants; but he has it in his power not to wish for what he has not.”

“To be everywhere is to be nowhere.”

“He who is everywhere is nowhere; the wandering soul has no home.”

“Live with people who will improve you; welcome those who you can improve.”