There are rules to luck, not everything is chance for the wise; luck can be helped by skill.
Baltasar GracianIf to talk to oneself when alone is folly, it must be doubly unwise to listen to oneself in the presence of others.
Baltasar GracianA person of your century: Great persons are of their time. Not all were born into a period worthy of them, and many so born failed to benefit by it. Some merited a better century, for all that is good does not always triumph. Fashions have their periods and even the greatest virtues, their styles. But the philosopher, being ageless, has one advantage: Should this not prove the right century, many to follow will.
Baltasar Gracian