Quotes By Miguel De Cervantes

There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots.

Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched.

Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive.

God bears with the wicked, but not forever.

The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part.

I have always heard, Sancho, that doing good to base fellows is like throwing water into the sea.

I believe there's no proverb but what is true; they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences.

To be prepared is half the victory.

I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.

Tis a dainty thing to command, though twere but a flock of sheep.

Every man is the son of his own works.