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

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

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Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to...

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to...

He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.

He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity

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.

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

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...

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is...

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is...

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

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...

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

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

Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.

Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.

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.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

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...

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

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 single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things...

Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things...