NERO: It is right for a merciful old man to admonish youth.
SENECA: Glowing young manhood must be guided more.
NERO: I think there is enough advice for this period of life.
SENECA: May the gods always sanction thy policy.
NERO: I should be foolish to fear the gods for what I myself have done.
SENECA: Thou shouldst fear them all the more since they have given so much power to thee.
NERO: Fortune bestows all upon me.
SENECA: Trust not too much to her compliance. The goddess is fickle.
NERO: He is incompetent who does not know what he may do.