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Potestne quicquam stultius esse quam quorundam 1 sensus, hominum eorum dico qui prudentiam
iactant ? Operosius occupati sunt, ut melius possint
vivere ; impendio vitae vitam instruunt ! Cogitationes suas in longum ordinant ; maxima porro vitae
iactura dilatio est ; illa primum quemque extrahit
diem, illa eripit praesentia, dum ulteriora promittit.
Maximum vivendi impedimentum est expectatio, quae
pendet ex crastino, perdit hodiernum. Quod in manu
fortunae positum est, disponis, quod in tua, dimittis.
Quo spectas ? Quo te extendis ? Omnia quae ventura sunt in incerto iacent ; protinus vive !
1 stultius esse quam quorundam supplied by Bourgery: alii alia.
L. Annaeus Seneca. Moral Essays: volume 2. John W. Basore. London and New York. Heinemann. 1932.
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