Sancho Panza

Character in Don Quixote From: Don Quixote

Don Quixote's squire; provides comic relief and earthy wisdom through memorable proverbs and witty commentary

153 quotes

"Pampered appetites grow nice and queasy."
Humor
"The rich are at rest and the poor are at work."
Work
"Honour and profit cannot live in one sack."
"Many hands make light work."
"Two are better than one."
Friendship
"Fortune may be blind, but she is not deaf to our complaints."
Wisdom
"The lord of the castle has shown us such courtesy that to repay it with violence would be to commit an ungrateful act."
Kindness
"Every man is as Heaven made him, and sometimes a good deal worse."
Philosophy
"Fear is sharp-sighted, and can see things underground."
Fear
"A closed mouth catches no flies."
Wisdom
"A fool speaks when he should listen; a wise man listens when he should speak."
Wisdom
"In matters of the heart, all men are fools."
Love
"The world judges by appearances, but God judges by the heart."
Philosophy
"Experience is the best teacher."
Education
"It is a bad beginning that bodes a bad ending."
Wisdom
"The proof of the pudding is in the eating."
Truth
"Good fortune may rise or fall with the turning of the seasons."
Hope
"What one generation leaves another, may be picked up by the next."
History
"In the night all cows are black."
Humor
"The stomach is an ungovernable master."
Health
"The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea."
Wisdom
"Nature is the best physician."
Nature
"A true leader serves his people first."
Leadership
"Change is the only constant in life."
Change
"Strength comes from within the spirit."
Strength
"Motivation comes from within the heart."
Motivation
"Honesty is the best policy."
Truth
"Love makes the world go round."
Love
"To thine own self be true."
Wisdom
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Fear