Clergyman's

“The things we remember best are those better forgotten.”
– Baltasar Gracian

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

“Quit while you’re ahead. All the best gamblers do.”
– Baltasar Gracian

“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.”
– Baltasar Gracian

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

“Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.”
– Baltasar Gracian

“Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.”
– Baltasar Gracian

“Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.”
– Baltasar Gracian

“He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.”
– Baltasar Gracian

“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.”
– Baltasar Gracian