Let philosophy scrape off your own faults, rather than be a way to rail against the faults of others. Seneca (4 B.C.E. – 65 A.D.)

Let philosophy scrape off your own faults, rather than be a way to rail against the faults of others. Seneca (4 B.C.E. – 65 A.D.)
The tempest threatens before it rises upon us; buildings creak before they fall to pieces. Seneca (4 B.C.E. – 65 A.D.)
It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in whatever conditions we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods. Seneca (4 B.C.E. – 65 A.D.)
If you are surprised at the number of our maladies, count our cooks. Seneca (4 B.C.E. – 65 A.D.)
Why does no man confess his vices? Because he is still in them. It is for a waking man to tell of his dreams. Seneca (4 B.C.E. – 65 A.D.)
An honest heart possesses a kingdom. Seneca (4 B.C.E. – 65 A.D.)
As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without culture, so the mind without cultivation can never produce good fruit. Seneca (4 B.C.E. – 65 A.D.)
What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law. Seneca (4 B.C.E. – 65 A.D.)
The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself: the spirit is in heaven even while it is in the flesh, if it be emptied of its imperfections, and taken up with divine thoughts and contemplation. Seneca (4 B.C.E. – 65 A.D.)
The sovereign good of a man is a mind that subjects all things to itself, and is itself subject to nothing. Such a man’s pleasures are modest and reserved, and it may be a question whether he goes to heaven or heaven comes to him. Seneca (4 B.C.E. – 65 A.D.)