The woman who is resolved to be respected can make herself be so even amidst an army of soldiers.

All of that is true,’ responded Don Quixote, ‘but we cannot all be friars, and God brings His children to heaven by many paths: chivalry is a religion, and there are sainted knights in Glory.’ Yes,’ responded Sancho, ‘but I’ve heard that there are more friars in heaven than knights errant.’ That is true,’ responded Don Quixote, ‘because the number of religious is greater than the number of knights.’ There are many who are errant,’ said Sancho. Many,’ responded Don Quixote, ‘but few who deserve to be called knights.

Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.

A bad year and a bad month to all the backbiting bitches in the world!.

And thus being totally preoccupied, he rode so slowly that the sun was soon glowing with such intense heat that it would have melted his brains, if he'd had any.

It is the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket.

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