Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “If you are wise, mingle these two elements: do not hope without despair, or despair without hope.” ~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 B.C.-A.D. 65) Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, "Seneca the Younger"Source: Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter CIV: On care of health and peace of mind, line 12