There is a time for some things, and a time for all things; a time for great things, and a time for small things.
Miguel de CervantesThe gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
Miguel de CervantesI do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.
Miguel de CervantesI had rather munch a crust of brown bread and an onion in a corner, without any more ado or ceremony, than feed upon turkey at another man?s table, where one is fain to sit mincing and chewing his meat an hour together, drink little, be always wiping his fingers and his chops, and never dare to cough nor sneeze, though he has never so much a mind to it, nor do a many things which a body may do freely by one?s self.
Miguel de Cervantes