458 Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes

A tooth is much more to be prized than a diamond.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

I can tell where my own shoe pinches me.

When you are at Rome, do as you see.

For men may prove and use their friends, as the poet expresses it, usque ad aras, meaning that a friend should not be required to act contrary to the law of God.

You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne.

The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity.

In short, virtue cannot live where envy reigns, nor liberality subsist with niggardliness.

The wounds received in battle bestow honor, they do not take it away...