Men of great talents, whether poets or historians, seldom escape the attacks of those who, without ever favoring the world with any production of their own, take delight in criticising the works of others.

That which costs little is less valued.

Sancho Panza by name is my own self, if I was not changed in my cradle.

Facts are the enemy of truth.

You are a devil at everything, and there is no kind of thing in the 'versal world but what you can turn your hand into.

Patience and shuffle the cards.

Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable