Begin with anothers to end with your own. – Baltasar Gracian
To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth. – Baltasar Gracian
It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you. – Baltasar Gracian
He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that others slave. – Baltasar Gracian
Quit while youre ahead. All the best gamblers do. – Baltasar Gracian
Work is the price which is paid for reputation. – Baltasar Gracian
Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching. – Baltasar Gracian
Respect yourself if you would have others respect you. – Baltasar Gracian
Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself. – Baltasar Gracian
The wise does at once what the fool does at last. – Baltasar Gracian
Know or listen to those who know. – Baltasar Gracian
True knowledge lies in knowing how to live. – Baltasar Gracian
Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance. – Baltasar Gracian
Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one. – Baltasar Gracian
Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check. – Baltasar Gracian
Always leave something to wish for otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness. – Baltasar Gracian
Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil. – Baltasar Gracian
Never have a companion that casts you in the shade. – Baltasar Gracian
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 fortune to keep him is a blessing. – Baltasar Gracian
When desire dies, fear is born. – Baltasar Gracian
