Miguel de Cervantes Quotes

I would do what I pleased, and doing what I pleased, I should have my will, and having my will, I should be contented; and when one is contented, there is no more to be desired; and when there is no more to be desired, there is an end of it.

They who lose today may win tomorrow.

Cunning cheats itself wholly, and other people partially.

Get out of harms way.

There is remedy for all things except death - Don Quixote De La Mancha

One who has not only the four S's, which are required in every good lover, but even the whole alphabet; as for example... Agreeable, Bountiful, Constant, Dutiful, Easy, Faithful, Gallant, Honorable, Ingenious, Kind, Loyal, Mild, Noble, Officious, Prudent, Quiet, Rich, Secret, True, Valiant, Wise; the X indeed, is too harsh a letter to agree with him, but he is Young and Zealous.

By the streets of 'by and by,' one arrives at the house of 'never'.

Riches are able to solder up abundance of flaws.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Do but take care to express yourself in a plain, easy Manner, in well-chosen, significant and decent Terms, and to give a harmonious and pleasing Turn to your Periods: study to explain your Thoughts, and set them in the truest Light, labouring as much as possible, not to leave them dark nor intricate, but clear and intelligible.

True courage lies in the middle, between cowardice and recklessness.

Necessity urges desperate measures.

One shouldn't talk of halters in the hanged man's house.

In short, virtue cannot live where envy reigns, nor liberality subsist with niggardliness.

Laws that only threaten, and are not kept, become like the log that was given to the frogs to be their king, which they feared at first, but soon scorned and trampled on.