Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Some are satisfied to stand politely before the portals of Fortune and to await her bidding; better those who push forward, who… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
“Say farewell to luck when winning. It is the way of the gamblers of reputation. Quite as important as a gallant advance… — Baltasar Gracián Copy Share Image
When you find Fortune favorable, stride boldly forward, for she favors the bold, and being a woman, the young. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
He who finds Fortune on his side should go briskly ahead, for she is wont to favor the bold. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
What is not seen is as if it was not. Even the Right does not receive proper consideration if it does not seem right. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Knowing how to keep a friend is more important than gaining a new one. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
“We have eyelids but not earlids, for the ears are the portals of learning, and Nature wanted to keep them wide open.” — Baltasar Gracián Copy Share Image
