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.

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.

Heaven's help is better than early rising.

Too much sanity may be madness!

Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher, it goes ill with the pitcher.

Death eats up all things, both the young lamb and old sheep; and I have heard our parson say, death values a prince no more than a clown.

It requires a long time to know anyone.