Great expectations are better than a poor possession.
You are a devil at everything, and there is no kind of thing in the 'versal world but what you can turn your hand into.
He who sings frightens away his ills.
Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world.
The road to the inn is much better than the stay.
All the vices, Sancho, bring some kind of pleasure with them; but envy brings nothing but irritation, bitterness, and rage.