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

Miguel de Cervantes

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

Miguel de Cervantes

Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.

Miguel de Cervantes

When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome.

Miguel de Cervantes

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

Miguel de Cervantes

A word to the wise is enough.

Miguel de Cervantes

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

Miguel de Cervantes

There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.

Miguel de Cervantes

Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse.

Miguel de Cervantes

It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.

Miguel de Cervantes