Baltasar Gracian
  • 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.

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

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

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

  • Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.