Letters 72.10

There is still a third class of men,—those who toy with wisdom; they have not indeed touched it, but yet are in sight of it, and have it, so to speak, within striking distance. They are not dashed about, nor do they drift back either; they are not on dry land, but are already in port.

Seneca, Letters to Lucilius 72.10, translated by Richard Mott Gummere