Francisco de Quevedo

"The solitary man hears echoes the crowd cannot comprehend."

"Perseverance is the art of failing better each time."

"Health is the wealth that the poor possess and the rich ignore."

"The adventurer seeks not the destination, but the transformation within."

"Truth is an orphan in the marketplace, while lies inherit kingdoms."

"The philosopher asks why; the fool asks why not."

"Literature is the conversation between the living and the dead."

"Peace is not the absence of conflict, but its purposeful resolution."

"Nature teaches what books merely attempt to translate."

"Faith is the comfort of those who have exhausted reason."

"The educated fool is more dangerous than the ignorant one."

"Technology promises to free us while crafting new chains."

"Motivation is temporary; discipline is permanent."

"Inspiration strikes the prepared mind and ignores the indolent."

"The family is the first kingdom, and its smallest tyrant rules all."

"Success is the art of making failures invisible."

"Friendship is love stripped of its romantic delusions."

"The politician speaks truth to power while serving power."

"Happiness is found in the spaces between desire and fulfillment."

"The vain man mirrors himself endlessly, becoming his own reflection's shadow."

"The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read."

"Flee from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it."

"There is no greater wealth than health, nor greater poverty than sickness."

"The tongue is the only instrument that grows sharper the more it is used."

"In this life, we are guests; in the next, we shall be judges."

"Prudence is the mother of all virtues."

"Love makes time pass; time makes love pass."

"The greatest pleasure is to do a good deed by stealth and have it discovered by accident."

"Memory is a faculty that is improved by exercise and harmed by idleness."

"Virtue is its own reward, and vice its own punishment."