Be brief, for no talk can please when too long. Being prepared is half the victory.

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

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

The man who fights for his ideals is alive.

It is not the responsibility of knights errant to discover whether the afflicted, the enchained and the oppressed whom they encounter on the road are reduced to these circumstances and suffer this distress for their vices, or for their virtues: the knight's sole responsibility is to succour them as people in need, having eyes only for their sufferings, not for their misdeeds.

Great expectations are better than a poor possession.

Woman's advice has little value, but he who won't take it is a fool.