Versatility. A man of many excellent qualities equals many men. By imparting his own enjoyment of life to his own circle of friends and followers he enriches their life. Variety in excellences is the delight of life. It is a great art to profit by all that is good, and , since nature has made people in their most perfected form an abstract of herself, so let art create in them a true microcosm by training their taste and intellect.

THE ART OF WORLDLY WISDOM BY BALTHASAR GRACIAN
TRANSLATED BY JOSEPH JACOBS 1892