458 Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes

Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.

Well-gotten wealth may lose itself, but the ill-gotten loses its master also.

The ass bears the load, but not the overload.

Great persons are able to do great kindnesses.

"He preaches well that lives well," quoth Sancho, "that's all the divinity I can understand."

No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly.

Let every man look before he leaps.

But my thoughts ran a wool-gathering; and I did like the countryman, who looked for his ass while he was mounted on his back.

A closed mouth catches no flies.