I love Seneca's letters because they're written in the spirit in which I was educated in my family--- not to look for fame and fortune, but to have a simple, honest, honorable life.His graduation with honors resulted from his strong will to overcome all the difficulties he ran into in the following dozen years of studies, including readings in ancient Latin and Greek.He is very humble and gratefull, but he's one individual who makes his own fortune.The richness is in me, in my heart and in my head, not in my pockets.