Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

"... truth, whose mother is history, who is the rival of time, depository of deeds, witness of the past, example and lesson to the present, and warning to the future."

"Time ripens all things; no man is born wise."

"I would do what I pleased, and doing what I pleased, I should have my will, and having my will, I should be contented; and when one is contented, there is no more to be desired; and when there is no more to be desired, there is an end of it."

"Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind."

"...a great man who is vicious will only be a great doer of evil, and a rich man who is not liberal will be only a miserly beggar; for the possessor of wealth is not made happy by possessing it, but by spending it - and not by spending as he please but by knowing how to spend it well. To the poor gentleman there is no other way of showing that he is a gentleman than by virtue, by being affable, well-bred, courteous, gentle-mannered and helpful; not haughty, arrogant or censorious, but above all by being charitable...and no one who sees him adorned with the virtues I have mentioned, will fail to recognize and judge him, though he know him not, to be of good stock."

"A Man Without Honoris Worse than Dead."

"...if the verses are for a literary competition, your grace should try to win second place; first is always won through favor or because of the high estate of the person, second is won because of pure justice, and by this calculation third becomes second, and the first becomes third..."

"The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works."

"Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art"

"That which costs little is less valued."

"A closed mouth catches no flies."

"All sorrows are less with bread."

"Anyone who is ignorant, even a lord and prince, can and should be counted as one of the mob."

"Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water."~ Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra ~"

"Honesty's the best policy."

"I do not insist," answered Don Quixote, "that this is a full adventure, but it is the beginning of one, for this is the way adventures begin."

"A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience."

"Be slow of tongue and quick of eye."

"There is remedy for all things except death - Don Quixote De La Mancha"

"He who sings scares away his woes."