They must take me for a fool, or even worse, a lunatic. And no wonder ,for I am so intensely conscious of my misfortune and my misery is so overwhelming that I am powerless to resist it and am being turned into stone, devoid of all knowledge or feeling.

God exalts the man who humbles himself.

Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world

He who's down one day can be up the next, unless he really wants to stay in bed, that is.

For me alone Don Quixote was born and I for him. His was the power of action, mine of writing.

There is remedy for all things except death - Don Quixote De La Mancha

There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.