Quotes by : Baltasar Gracián

There are rules to luck, not everything is chance for the wise; luck can be helped by skill.

Rivalry discovers that courtesy overlooks.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Though such authority and respect shouldn't be handed to all and sundry, have in caution's innermost....

The best skill at cards is knowing when to discard.

The most and best of us depend on others we have to live either among friends or among enemies.

Folly consists not in committing Folly, but in being incapable of concealing it. All men make mistakes,....

Be first the master of yourself

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.

Know how to choose. Most things in life depend on it. You need good taste and an upright judgement intelligence....