Moral Letters to Lucilius Section 28

Hoc loco tibi Posidonii nostri referre sententiam volo: Non est quod umquam fortunae armis putes esse te tutum; tuis pugna. Contra ipsam fortuna non armat; itaque contra hostes instructi, contra ipsam inermes sunt.

Je veux ici te citer une sentence du stoïcien Posidonius : « Garde-toi de croire que jamais tu doives ta sûreté aux armes de la Fortune.

At this point I would quote you a saying of our philosopher Posidonius: “There are never any occasions when you need think yourself safe because you wield the weapons of Fortune; fight with your own! Fortune does not furnish arms against herself; hence men equipped against their foes are unarmed against Fortune herself.”