Under a bad cloak there is often a good drinker

Maybe the greatest madness is to see life as it is rather than what it could be.

To be good to the vile is to throw water into the sea.

Beware, gentle knight - the greatest monster of them all is reason.

Virtue is persecuted by the wicked more than it is loved by the good.

It is not the responsibility of knights errant to discover whether the afflicted, the enchained and the oppressed whom they encounter on the road are reduced to these circumstances and suffer this distress for their vices, or for their virtues: the knight's sole responsibility is to succour them as people in need, having eyes only for their sufferings, not for their misdeeds.

It is better that a judge should lean on the side of compassion than severity.