Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.” ~ 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 CXXIII: On the conflict between pleasure and virtue, line 3.