Source: Home Truths (1859), Ch. II: "Repent, or Perish", p. 73
“He maintained this attitude up to the very end, and no man ever saw Socrates too much elated or too much depressed. Amid all the disturbance of Fortune, he was undisturbed.”
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter CIV: On Care of Health and Peace of Mind
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Apophthegms (1624)
"A Song On the End of the World"
“Fortune to many gives too much, enough to none.”
Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.
XII, 10.
Epigrams (c. 80 – 104 AD)
L'Ami du peuple, no.559 (1791-08-27)
“A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition”