Facts are the enemy of truth.

A Man Without Honor is Worse than Dead.

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.

Never look for birds of this year in the nests of the last.

For me alone Don Quixote was born and I for him. His was the power of action, mine of writing.

The pitcher goes so often to the fountain that if gets broken.

To be good to the vile is to throw water into the sea.