Quotes by : Baltasar Gracian

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.

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

Good things when short are twice as good.

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

He who finds Fortune on his side should go briskly ahead for she is wont to favor the bold.

The heaven of the envied is hell for the envious.

A prudent man will think more important what fate has conceded to him than what it has denied.

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

Friends are a second existence.

The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity....