Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.

Passion is the quickest to develop, and the quickest to fade. Intimacy develops more slowly, and commitment more gradually still.

—Seneca

The key to every man is his thought.… He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which commands his own.

—Seneca

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

—Seneca

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

—Seneca

Fate rules the affairs of mankind with no recognizable order.

—Seneca

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.

—William Shakespeare

The better part of valour is discretion.

—William Shakespeare

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

—Rene Descartes

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.

—Elizabeth Taylor

It is a great thing to know our vices.

—Cicero