There is a remedy for everything but death; who, in spite of our teeth, will take us in his clutches.

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.

The worst reconciliation is better than the best divorce.

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.

Do but take care to express yourself in a plain, easy Manner, in well-chosen, significant and decent Terms, and to give a harmonious and pleasing Turn to your Periods: study to explain your Thoughts, and set them in the truest Light, labouring as much as possible, not to leave them dark nor intricate, but clear and intelligible.

True valor lies in the middle between cowardice and rashness.

A silly remark can be made in Latin as well as in Spanish.