All persons are not discreet enough to know how to take things by the right handle.
Miguel de CervantesThe most perceptive character in a play is the fool, because the man who wishes to seem simple cannot possibly be a simpleton.
Miguel de CervantesBe a terror to the butchers, that they may be fair in their weight; and keep hucksters and fraudulent dealers in awe, for the same reason.
Miguel de CervantesAnyone who does not know how to make the most of his luck has no right to complain if it passes by him.
Miguel de CervantesReading Don Quixote can be compared to an indefinite visit from your most impossible senior relative, with all his pranks, dirty habits, unstoppable reminiscences, and terrible cronies. When the experience is over, and the old boy checks out at last (on page 846 - the prose wedged tight, with no breaks for dialogue), you will shed tears all right; not tears of relief or regret but tears of pride. You made it, despite all that 'Don Quixote' could do.
Miguel de Cervantes