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

Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water.

Honesty is the best policy, I will stick to that. The good shall have my hand and heart, but the bad neither foot nor fellowship. And in my mind, the main point of governing, is to make a good beginning.

The wise hand does not all the tongue dictates.

Let the worst come to the worst.

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

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.