Get the better of yourself - this is the best kind of victory.

Love not what you are but only what you may become.

Though Gods attributes are equal, yet his mercy is more attractive and pleasing in our eyes than his justice.

Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice.

There are two kinds of people in this world, my grandmother used to say: the Have's and the Have-not's, and she stuck to the Have's. And today, Señor Don Quixote, people are more interested in having than in knowing. An ass covered with gold makes a better impression than a horse with a packsaddle.

Soul of fibre and heart of oak.

Poesy is a beauteous damsel, chaste, honourable, discreet, witty, retired, and who keeps herself within the limits of propriety. She is a friend of solitude; fountains entertain her, meadows console her, woods free her from ennui, flowers delight her; in short, she gives pleasure and instruction to all with whom she communicates.