"Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty." —Socrates
Ancient Wisdom
"Death smiles at us all, but all a man can do is smile back." —Marcus Aurelius
"The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it." —Epicurus
"Recognize that if something is humanly possible, you can do it too." —Marcus Aurelius
"He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary." —Marcus Aurelius
"Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one." —Marcus Aurelius
"If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable." —Seneca
"Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too." —Marcus Aurelius
"All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue." —Plato