Quotes from authors born in 1601
One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.
Baltasar Gracian
Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.
Baltasar Gracian
A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
Baltasar Gracian
Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.
Baltasar Gracian
I have found a very great number of exceedingly beautiful theorems.
Pierre de Fermat
Julia Margaret Cameron 
David Rose 
Bill Weld 
Bruno Schulz 
Chi McBride 
John Jacob Astor 
Juan Carlos 
Gene Wolfe