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

There were no embraces, because where there is great love there is often little display of it.

Man appoints, and God disappoints.

The cleverest character in comedy is the clown, for he who would make people take him for a fool, must not be one.

Thou hast seen nothing yet.

Do not eat garlic or onions; for their smell will reveal that you are a peasant.

By such innovations are languages enriched, when the words are adopted by the multitude, and naturalized by custom.