I have always heard, sancho, that doing good to base fellows is like throwing water into the sea. — Miguel de Cervantes
It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow. — Miguel de Cervantes
He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all. — Miguel de Cervantes
From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment. — Miguel de Cervantes
Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it. — Miguel de Cervantes
Drink moderately, for drunkeness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise. — Miguel de Cervantes
When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive. — Miguel de Cervantes
The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part. — Miguel de Cervantes
There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the haves and the have-nots. – — Miguel de Cervantes