Don Quixote

"Gratitude is the sign of a noble heart."

"There is no greater madness than to attempt to conquer oneself."

"A knight errant who is not in love is like a tree without leaves or fruit."

"Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art."

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

"Liberty is one of the most precious gifts that heaven has bestowed upon men."

"The greatest sweetness lies in being defeated nobly."

"Patience is the remedy for all ills."

"There is no book so bad but some profit might be gleaned from it."

"Better to have lost in a noble cause than never to have fought at all."

"Where is the heart that would not rejoice in the smile of a beautiful woman?"

"A man may be ever so learned, but he may be deficient in courtesy."

"Gratitude is the memory of the heart."

"The pen and the sword, though apparently opposed, work together for the preservation of the state."

"It is the nature of women to be moved by trifles and to desert those who have deserved well of them."

"There is no adventure too perilous for a knight in love."

"Silence is golden, but speech is silver."

"To die for one's country is an honor; to live for it is a duty."

"The greatest power in the world lies in words."

"Love makes the wildest heart tame and the tamest heart wild."

"Truth needs no ornament of words to make it acceptable."

"A good name is better than great riches."

"Despair is the companion of the cowardly."

"There is no strength in the absence of will."

"Adversity is the best school of virtue."

"A good death does honor to a whole life."

"Fortune helps the bold and brave, but abandons the fearful and craven."

"Justice without mercy is tyranny; mercy without justice is weakness."

"Time is the best judge and healer of all wounds."

"The wise man adjusts to the times; the fool tries to adjust the times to himself."