Jealousy sees things always with magnifying glasses which make little things large, of dwarfs giants, of suspicions truths.

Translating from one language to another, unless it is from Greek and Latin, the queens of all languages, is like looking at Flemish tapestries from the wrong side, for although the figures are visible, they are covered by threads that obscure them, and cannot be seen with the smoothness and color of the right side.

By God and upon my conscience, said the devil, I never observed it, for my mind is occupied with so many different things that I was forgetting the main thing I came about. This demon must be an honest fellow and a good Christian, said Sancho; for if he wasn't he wouldn't swear by God and his conscience; I feel sure now there must be good souls even in hell itself.

She who desires to see, desires also to be seen.

The ass bears the load, but not the overload.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.