“Always leave something to wish for otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.”
Happiness
“Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.”
AngerAll Quotes by Baltasar Gracian
“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.”
Age“The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.”
Jealousy“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.”
Friendship“When desire dies, fear is born.”
Fear“Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.”
Anger“He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.”
Alone“Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.”
Friendship“He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.”
Communication“Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.”
Hope“True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.”
Knowledge“The wise does at once what the fool does at last.”
Motivational“Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.”
Alone“Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.”
Patience“Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.”
Teacher“Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.”
Friendship“Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.”
Hope“Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art.”
Art“Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.”
Best“Work is the price which is paid for reputation.”
Work