Abundance, even of good things, prevents them from being valued

Anyone who does not know how to make the most of his luck has no right to complain if it passes by him.

There are men that will make you books, and turn them loose into the world, with as much dispatch as they would do a dish of fritters.

A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency.

Tis a dainty thing to command, though 'twere but a flock of sheep.

It is not the responsibility of knights errant to discover whether the afflicted, the enchained and the oppressed whom they encounter on the road are reduced to these circumstances and suffer this distress for their vices, or for their virtues: the knight's sole responsibility is to succour them as people in need, having eyes only for their sufferings, not for their misdeeds.

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