My heart is wax molded as she pleases, but enduring as marble to retain.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

Once a woman parts with her virtue, she loses the esteem even of the man whose vows and tears won her to abandon it.

What is bought is cheaper than a gift.

Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of the plough, Bamba was made King of Spain; and from his silks and riches was Rodrigo cast to be devoured by the snakes.

A wise man does not trust all his eggs to one basket.

Do you see over yonder, friend Sancho, thirty or forty hulking giants? I intend to do battle with them and slay them.