Nay, what is worse, perhaps turn poet, which, they say, is an infectious and incurable distemper.

The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity.

Folly is wont to have more followers and comrades than discretion.

Whether it's the pot that hits the rock or the rock that hits the pot , it's the pot that will break every time

The fear thou art in, Sancho," said Don Quixote, "prevents thee from seeing or hearing correctly, for one of the effects of fear is to derange the senses and make things appear different from what they are; if thou art in such fear, withdraw to one side and leave me to myself, for alone I suffice to bring victory to that side to which I shall give my aid;" and so saying he gave Rocinante the spur, and putting the lance in rest, shot down the slope like a thunderbolt.

Drink moderately, for drunkeness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise.

We ought to love our Maker for His own sake, without either hope of good or fear of pain.