I have always heard, Sancho, that doing good to base fellows is like throwing water into the sea.
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 CervantesAmong the attributes of God, although they are equal, mercy shines with even more brilliance than justice.
Miguel de Cervantes