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.

He who sings frightens away his ills.

Among the attributes of God, although they are equal, mercy shines with even more brilliance than justice.

Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted.

A father may have a child who is ugly and lacking in all the graces, and the love he feels for him puts a blindfold over his eyes so that he does not see his defects but considers them signs of charm and intelligence and recounts them to his friends as if they were clever and witty.

You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff.

They who lose today may win tomorrow.