Don Quixote

"Better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven."

"To be wise and love exceeds man's might."

"The experience and knowledge that time gives succeeds to youth."

"Friends, as time goes on, become more and more precious."

"A man may as well expect to hold back the tide as to hold back the effect of a beautiful woman's charms."

"Valor lies just halfway between cowardice and rashness."

"There is a remedy for everything except death."

"When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical is madness. To surrender dreams for reality."

"All this fuss about sleeping in the bed where a giant or a magician lay the night before."

"Adventure is the heart of life."

"Beauty without virtue is like a flower without fragrance."

"What strengthens our faith more than sacrifice?"

"True courage is accompanied by prudence."

"The greatest wealth is contentment."

"Every man is the architect of his own fortunes."

"Blessed are the peacemakers."

"The pen should never be so hurried as the sword."

"A man who wanders from the truth walks in darkness."

"Kindness conquers all."

"The tongue is the worst member of a man."

"Every worthy deed carries its own reward."

"Haste is the mother of error."

"Work keeps evil from the door."

"The breast of an honest man is the throne of virtue."

"The most valuable thing is knowledge of oneself."

"In the time of peace the soldiers should be civil."

"Freedom is the greatest gift."

"Ambition and private interest have always been the ruin of states."

"Without danger we do not gain glory."

"Patience is a remedy for all sorrows."