Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.

Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.

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

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

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation

Work is the price which is paid for reputation

Evil report carries further than any applause

Evil report carries further than any applause

Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.

Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.

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...

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel,...

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel,...

Know or listen to those who know

Know or listen to those who know

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.

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but...

There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but...

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...

There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.