Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world.
Miguel de CervantesFor me alone Don Quixote was born and I for him. His was the power of action, mine of writing.
Miguel de Cervantesthere are many hours and minutes between now and tomorrowand in any one of them-even in a minute,the house falls
Miguel de CervantesLiberty is one of the most precious gifts which heaven has bestowed on man; with it we cannot compare the treasures which the earth contains or the sea conceals; for liberty, as for honor, we can and ought to risk our lives; and, on for the other hand, captivity is the greatest evil that can befall man.
Miguel de Cervantes