The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part.
— Miguel de Cervantes
Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.
One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this.
Drink moderately, for drunkeness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise.
Be a terror to the butchers, that they may be fair in their weight; and keep hucksters and fraudulent dealers in awe, for the same reason.
Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches.
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.
There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots.
From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment.
Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.
To be prepared is half the victory.
Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.
That's the nature of women, not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not.
That which costs little is less valued.
Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.
Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice.
For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.
The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.
Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable.
When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome.
There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.
