A shy face is better than a forward heart.
I have always heard, Sancho, that doing good to base fellows is like throwing water into the sea.
God exalts the man who humbles himself.
I do not believe that the Good Lord plays dice.
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.
Maybe the greatest madness is to see life as it is rather than what it could be.