There are two kinds of people in this world, my grandmother used to say: the Have's and the Have-not's, and she stuck to the Have's. And today, Señor Don Quixote, people are more interested in having than in knowing. An ass covered with gold makes a better impression than a horse with a packsaddle.

A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.

The worst reconciliation is better than the best divorce.

True courage lies in the middle, between cowardice and recklessness.

Fly not, cowards and vile beings, for a single knight attacks you.

Seek for good, but expect evil.

Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.