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

Ill-luck, you know, seldom comes alone.

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

Whoever is ignorant is vulgar.

Do you see over yonder, friend Sancho, thirty or forty hulking giants? I intend to do battle with them and slay them.

Poesy is a beauteous damsel, chaste, honourable, discreet, witty, retired, and who keeps herself within the limits of propriety. She is a friend of solitude; fountains entertain her, meadows console her, woods free her from ennui, flowers delight her; in short, she gives pleasure and instruction to all with whom she communicates.

Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world