A closed mouth catches no flies.

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

After the gratifications of brutish appetites are past, the greatest pleasure then is to get rid of that which entertained it.

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

...a great man who is vicious will only be a great doer of evil, and a rich man who is not liberal will be only a miserly beggar; for the possessor of wealth is not made happy by possessing it, but by spending it - and not by spending as he please but by knowing how to spend it well. To the poor gentleman there is no other way of showing that he is a gentleman than by virtue, by being affable, well-bred, courteous, gentle-mannered and helpful; not haughty, arrogant or censorious, but above all by being charitable...and no one who sees him adorned with the virtues I have mentioned, will fail to recognize and judge him, though he knows him not, to be of good stock.

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, but does not captivate the affections.

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

All sorrows are less with bread.

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

A Man Without Honors Worse than Dead.

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

And as the wicked are always ungrateful, and necessity leads to evil doing, and immediate advantage overcomes all considerations of the future, Gives, who was neither grateful nor well-principled, made up his mind to steal Sancho Panza's ass.

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Anyone who is ignorant, even a lord and prince, can and should be counted as one of the mobs.

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

...but once more I say do as you please, for we women are born to this burden of being obedient to our husbands, though they be blockheads

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra