Don Quixote followed nature, and being satisfied with his first sleep, did not solicit more. As for Sancho, he never wanted a second, for the first lasted him from night to morning, indicating a sound body and a mind free from care; but his master, being unable to sleep himself awakened him, saying, "I am amazed, Sancho, at the torpor of thy soul; it seems as if thou wert made of marble or brass, insensible of emotion or sentiment!

The most perceptive character in a play is the fool, because the man who wishes to seem simple cannot possibly be a simpleton.

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

Fly not, cowards and vile beings, for a single knight attacks you.

For if he like a madman lived; At least he like a wise one died.

Be not under the dominion of thine own will; it is the vice of the ignorant, who vainly presume on their own understanding.

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.