Quote of the day

 "Good maxims, if you keep them often in mind, will be just as beneficial as good examples." - Seneca, Epistles 94.42-43

Via The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User's Manual by Ward Farnsworth

Montaigne took this to heart: he had quotes he found inspiring engraved into the support beams of his library. (Reading Montaigne's Essays one can't help but picture him wandering his library, perusing the quotes and using them to help his mind roam.)