Love and war are the same thing, and stratagems and policy are as allowable in the one as in the other.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

Wine taken in moderation never does any harm.

It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow.

A knight errant who turns mad for a reason deserves neither merit nor thanks. The thing is to do it without cause

A knowledge of thyself will preserve thee from vanity.

I have always heard, Sancho, that doing good to base fellows is like throwing water into the sea.