Miguel De Cervantes Quotes
Pray look better, Sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills. Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience. Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art. That which costs little is less valued. That's the nature of women, not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not. The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation. The eyes those silent tongues of love. The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application. The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity. The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part. There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots. There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it. There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair. There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war. There's no taking trout with dry breeches. Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched. Thou hast seen nothing yet. Time ripens all things; no man is born wise. Tis a dainty thing to command, though twere but a flock of sheep. 'Tis ill talking of halters in the house of a man that was hanged.
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