Quotes by Baltasar Gracián

“He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.”

“Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.”

“Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.”

“A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.”

“Always leave something to wish for otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.”

“True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good ...”

“Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.”

“Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.”

“Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.”

“The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.”

“Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.”

“Know or listen to those who know.”

“The wise does at once what the fool does at last.”

“Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.”

“Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.”

“He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.”

“If you are wise live as you can if you cannot live as you would.”

“It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.”

“Do not show your wounded finger for everything will knock up against it.”

“One who was adored by all in prosperity is abhorred by all in adversity.”