Seneca

“ Such a womanish cry does no credit to a man. Consider in what attitude you shall receive this prayer of mine (I offer it not only in a good, but in a noble spirit) : "May gods and goddesses alike forbid that Fortune keep you in luxury!" 5. Ask yourself voluntarily which you would choose if some god gave you the choice – life in a café or life in a camp. ”

“ Spite of all do you still chafe and complain, not understanding that, in all the evils to which you refer, there is really only one – the fact that you do chafe and complain? If you ask me, I think that for a man there is no misery unless there be something in the universe which he thinks miserable. ”

“ For this reason those who are tossed about at sea, who proceed uphill and downhill over toilsome crags and heights, who go on campaigns that bring the greatest danger, are heroes and front-rank fighters; but persons who live in rotten luxury and ease while others toil, are mere turtle-doves safe only because men despise them. ”

“ the words ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt of Ep. ”