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"It was a high speech of Seneca (after the manner of the Stoics), that "The good things which belong to prosperity are to be wished, but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.""
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"[Quoting Seneca] Cornelia kept her in talk till her children came from school, "and these," said she, "are my jewels.""
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Seneca thinks the gods are well pleased when they see great men contending with adversity."
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain