Be brief, for no discourse can please when too long. ~ Miguel de Cervantes
I say that good painters imitated nature but that bad ones vomited it. ~ Miguel de Cervantes
Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse. ~ Miguel de Cervantes
Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn. ~ Miguel de Cervantes
The pen is the tongue of the mind. ~ Miguel de Cervantes
Thou art a cat, and a rat, and a coward. ~ Miguel de Cervantes
Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~ Miguel de Cervantes
The proof of the pudding is in the eating. ~ Miguel de Cervantes
The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the son of his own works. ~ Miguel de Cervantes
That's the nature of women not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not. ~ Miguel de Cervantes