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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • The things we remember best are those better forgotten.