13 quotes found
“Be first the master of yourself”
“Rivalry discovers that courtesy overlooks.”
“A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.”
“The best skill at cards is knowing when to discard.”
“A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.”
“For the advice in a joke is sometimes more useful than the most serious teaching.”
“Cunning grows in deceit at seeing itself discovered, and tries to deceive with truth itself.”
“One should cultivate good habits of memory, for it is capable of making existence a Paradise or an Inferno.”
“Harness the imagination: Sometimes curbing her, sometimes giving her rein, for she is the whole of happiness. She sets to rights even the understanding. She sinks to tyranny, not satisfied with mer...”
“Memory is not only unruly, leaving us in the lurch when most needed, but stupid as well, putting its nose into places where it is not wanted.”
“Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.”
“There are rules to luck, not everything is chance for the wise; luck can be helped by skill.”
“Say farewell to luck when winning. It is the way of the gamblers of reputation. Quite as important as a gallant advance is a well-planned retreat. Lock up your winnings when they are enough, or whe...”
