That which we are capable of feeling, we are capable of saying.

Where envy reigns virtue can't exist, and generosity doesn't go with meanness.

A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.

Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world.

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.

All of that is true,’ responded Don Quixote, ‘but we cannot all be friars, and God brings His children to heaven by many paths: chivalry is a religion, and there are sainted knights in Glory.’ Yes,’ responded Sancho, ‘but I’ve heard that there are more friars in heaven than knights errant.’ That is true,’ responded Don Quixote, ‘because the number of religious is greater than the number of knights.’ There are many who are errant,’ said Sancho. Many,’ responded Don Quixote, ‘but few who deserve to be called knights.

Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.