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Quid, quod tam bonis quam malis voluptas inest
nec minus turpes dedecus suum quam honestos
egregia delectant ? Ideoque praeceperunt veteres
optimam sequi vitam, non iucundissimam, ut rectae
ac bonae voluntatis non dux sed comes sit voluptas.
Natura enim duce utendum est ; hanc ratio observat,
hanc consulit.
L. Annaeus Seneca. Moral Essays: volume 2. John W. Basore. London and New York. Heinemann. 1932.
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