It's up to brave hearts, sir, to be patient when things are going badly, as well as being happy when they're going well ... For I've heard that what they call fortune is a flighty woman who drinks too much, and, what's more, she's blind, so she can't see what she's doing, and she doesn't know who she's knocking over or who she's raising up.

I know well enough that there have been dogs so loving that they have thrown themselves into the same grave with the dead bodies of their masters.

Fair and softly goes far.

Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of the plough, Bamba was made King of Spain; and from his silks and riches was Rodrigo cast to be devoured by the snakes.

there are many hours and minutes between now and tomorrowand in any one of them-even in a minute,the house falls

Take away the cause, and the effect ceases.

Sleep is the best cure for waking troubles.