Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.

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

—Seneca

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

Sow good services; sweet remembrances will grow them.

—Madame de Stael

While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits [of the dead]?… While you do not know life, how can you know about death?

—Confucius

Be alert to give service. What counts a great deal in life is what we do for others.

—Unknown

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.

—Arthur Ashe