Francisco de Quevedo

"The greatest victory is won not with the sword, but with silence."

"Memory is the treasury of the mind, though many fail to spend its riches wisely."

"In the court of the blind, the one-eyed king rules with tyranny."

"To mock death is to mock life itself."

"The tongue has no bones, yet it breaks many."

"Laughter is the shortest distance between two souls."

"We are born naked and poor; everything else we steal."

"Prudence is the mother of security, not ambition."

"A jest well-timed can wound deeper than an honest word."

"The pen is mightier because the sword man must rest, but the writer continues through eternity."

"Poverty is not a shame, but remaining ignorant in poverty is."

"To dream is to refuse the present, which may be our greatest folly."

"Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance."

"The pursuit of wealth is the pursuit of a shadow that flees when grasped."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but its profitable use."

"Age wrinkles the skin but abandonment of ideals wrinkles the soul."

"A misanthrope is often a disappointed idealist."

"In silence, man finds either wisdom or despair."

"The greatest chains are those we forge for ourselves."

"Anger is a brief madness that leaves judgment in its wake."

"To love is to wound oneself with another's thorns."

"History is the witness that speaks to the deaf ages."

"The fool's gold glitters more brightly than truth ever will."

"Humility is the foundation upon which greatness is built, though few recognize it."

"A small mercy shown is wealth greater than kingdoms."

"The grateful heart is the most beautiful temple."

"War teaches us that peace is our rarest luxury."

"To create is to argue with God about how the world should be."

"The faithful friend is worth more than all the gold in Christendom."

"Hope is the last tool of the desperate and the first of the wise."