Don’t take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side. – Baltasar Gracian
Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself. – Baltasar Gracian
He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything. – Baltasar Gracian
Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed. – Baltasar Gracian
True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island… to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing. – Baltasar Gracian
It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you. – Baltasar Gracian
