"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." —Aristotle

"Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods." —Socrates

"A single day among the learned lasts longer than the longest life of the ignorant." —Posidonius

"If it’s endurable, then endure it, stop complaining." —Marcus Aurelius

"No man can have a peaceful life who thinks too much about lengthening it." —Seneca