Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.

It is better that a judge should lean on the side of compassion than severity.

The fear thou art in, Sancho," said Don Quixote, "prevents thee from seeing or hearing correctly, for one of the effects of fear is to derange the senses and make things appear different from what they are; if thou art in such fear, withdraw to one side and leave me to myself, for alone I suffice to bring victory to that side to which I shall give my aid;" and so saying he gave Rocinante the spur, and putting the lance in rest, shot down the slope like a thunderbolt.

Happy the man to whom heaven has given a morsel of bread without laying him under the obligation of thanking any other for it than heaven itself.

Among the attributes of God, although they are equal, mercy shines with even more brilliance than justice.

No man is more than another unless he does more than another.

He who reforms, God assists.