Francisco de Quevedo

"We are born without asking, we die without choosing."

"The world judges by appearance; God judges by the heart."

"Ambition is the only thing that never grows old."

"In the mirror of a friend, one sees the truth of oneself."

"The pen is the sword of the mind; words are the bullets."

"Fortune favors the bold, but ruin pursues the reckless."

"Silence is the refuge of the wise."

"The value of a day depends on the dreams we have."

"Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance."

"Envy is the pain of seeing another's good."

"He who controls his anger masters his greatest enemy."

"The measure of a man is what he does with power."

"Patience is the art of hoping."

"A library is not a luxury but a necessity of life."

"The night reveals what the day conceals."

"To love is to risk everything."

"Yesterday is already a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision."

"The greatest courage is to admit one's ignorance."

"Gratitude is the memory of the heart."

"Art is the truth revealed through beauty."

"Fear grows in the darkness; faith grows in the light."

"The path to wisdom begins with admitting foolishness."

"In every ending is hidden a new beginning."

"The mind is a terrible thing to waste on trivial pursuits."

"History is the judge of the present."

"A kind word costs nothing but gains everything."

"The only true failure is the failure to try."

"Work without love is slavery; love without work is empty."

"The soul of music is mathematics hidden in harmony."

"Hope is the last thing that dies in the human breast."