Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

Topics: Happiness Quotes, Wishes Quotes

It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even...

It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even...

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to...

To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to...

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

Never open the door to the lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink...

Never open the door to the lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink...

One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.

One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity

Evil report carries further than any applause

Evil report carries further than any applause

Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.

Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.

Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement.

Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement.

Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.

Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.

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

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

Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being...

Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being...

Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.

Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.

Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.