Baltasar Gracian

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.

To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else.

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

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.