"But the wise person can lose nothing. Such a person has everything stored up for themselves, leaving nothing to Fortune, their own goods are held firm, bound in virtue, which requires nothing from chance, and therefore can't be either increased or diminished."
~ Seneca, On the Firmness of the Wise, 5.4
Note that Seneca's point is that the wise person - the sage - knows that nothing is truly theirs except their own moral choice. Therefore, they can lose nothing. Lost their home, their money, their wife, their children, their position? No, they lost nothing that was theirs. Nothing can take from you your own moral choice, which is the only thing you truly own.
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