"He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all."
Miguel de Cervantes"Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice."
Miguel de Cervantes"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."
Miguel de Cervantes"Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it."
Miguel de Cervantes"Fear has many eyes and can see things underground."
Miguel de Cervantes"Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes."
Miguel de Cervantes"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."
Miguel de Cervantes"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."
Miguel de Cervantes"The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity."
Miguel de Cervantes"The eyes those silent tongues of love."
Miguel de Cervantes"No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly."
Miguel de Cervantes"To be prepared is half the victory."
Miguel de Cervantes"In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd."
Miguel de Cervantes"Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water."
Miguel de Cervantes"A closed mouth catches no flies."
Miguel de Cervantes