One should cultivate good habits of memory, for it is capable of making existence a Paradise or an Inferno.
Baltasar GracianTo be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which you have even if you have nothing else.
Baltasar GracianDo not commit yourself to anybody or anything, for that is to be a slave, a slave to every man Above all, keep yourself free of commitments and obligations - they are the device of another to get you into his power
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