Keep the extent of your abilities unknown.The wise man does not allow his knowledge and abilities to be sounded to the bottom, if he desires to be honored at all. He allows you to know them but not to comprehend… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Treat your enemies with courtesy, and you'll see how valuable it really is. It costs little but pays a nice dividend: those who honor are honored. Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others… — 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
