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

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

Topics: Happiness Quotes, Wishes Quotes

Evil report carries further than any applause

Evil report carries further than any applause

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others...

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others...

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

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

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he...

Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he...

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the...

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the...

Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to...

Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to...

Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.

Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.

Chance has something to say in everything, even how to write a good letter

Chance has something to say in everything, even how to write a good letter

He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.

He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.

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...

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.

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the...

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the...

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

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.

It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not...

It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not...

Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly

Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is...

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is...

Happiness doesn't depend on the actual number of blessings we manage to scratch from life,...

Happiness doesn't depend on the actual number of blessings we manage to scratch from life,...

Sir, I wish to understand the true principles of the Government. I wish them carried...

Sir, I wish to understand the true principles of the Government. I wish them carried...