Don Quixote

"The world judges by appearances, but God judges by the heart."

"All human wisdom is contained in these two words: Wait and Hope."

"The imagination is the eye of the soul."

"Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the mastery of it."

"The freedom to choose is more precious than the chains of certainty."

"To err is human; to persist in error is the mark of a knave."

"In matters of the heart, all men are fools."

"Justice delayed is justice denied, yet hasty justice creates new injustices."

"History is a witness of the ages, a light of truth, and a guide of life."

"Love makes all things possible; impossibility is merely a state of mind."

"A fool speaks when he should listen; a wise man listens when he should speak."

"Moderation in all things, including moderation itself."

"In the course of my life, I have learned that the greatest victories are those won without swords."

"Magic and miracles are the refuge of those who cannot understand reason."

"Gratitude is the memory of the heart."

"A closed mouth catches no flies."

"Fear is sharp-sighted, and can see things underground."

"Every man is as Heaven made him, and sometimes a good deal worse."

"To sleep is to die; therefore, the vigilant live longest."

"The envious man torments himself as much as he does his neighbor."

"Patience is a virtue, and I am the patron saint of patience."

"A knight without a lady love is like a tree without leaves or a building without a foundation."

"It is not the number of books that makes learning, but the quality of what is read."

"The lord of the castle has shown us such courtesy that to repay it with violence would be to commit an ungrateful act."

"Hunger and cold and fatigue are the true teachers of virtue."

"The greatest pleasure of a thinking man is to learn the causes of things."

"There is a remedy for everything except death."

"Fortune may be blind, but she is not deaf to our complaints."

"The pen is mightier than the sword in the hands of those who know how to use it."

"A man may promise anything, but perform only what he can."