Virtue is persecuted by the wicked more than it is loved by the good.

All sorrows are less with bread.

A knight errant who turns mad for a reason deserves neither merit nor thanks. The thing is to do it without cause

Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.

For neither good nor evil can last for ever; and so it follows that as evil has lasted a long time, good must now be close at hand.

A father may have a child who is ugly and lacking in all the graces, and the love he feels for him puts a blindfold over his eyes so that he does not see his defects but considers them signs of charm and intelligence and recounts them to his friends as if they were clever and witty.

When good luck knocks at the door, let him in and keep him there.