Cervantes

For good and evil, life and death, and all things, are in the power of the tongue.

Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.

When a man is bound to follow a certain road, he must either do so or die in the attempt.

The devil, in hell, is a gentleman.

Good men are not in need of laws, but bad men are.

The man who is prudent and discreet is more formidable than the man who is bold and rash.

It is not the business of honest men to use force, but to use reason.

The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the son of his own works.

To be prepared is half the victory.

Too much sanity may be madness — and the maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be.

The man who can govern a woman must be able to govern a kingdom.

One man may be born to good luck, but all men are born to toil.

All sorrows are less with bread.

The greatest beauty is that of an unadorned mind.

Facts are the enemy of truth.

Where there's music, there can be no evil.

The man who is good for nothing is fit for nothing.

To talk well and eloquently is a very good art, but that of knowing when to stop is better.

It is always a sign of a bad cause when the agents are afraid.

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