458 Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes

I would do what I pleased, and doing what I pleased, I should have my will, and having my will, I should be contented; and when one is contented, there is no more to be desired; and when there is no more to be desired, there is an end of it.

She fights and vanquishes in me, and I live and breathe in her, and I have life and being.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

I have other fish to fry.

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

A silly remark can be made in Latin as well as in Spanish.

It is a true saying that a man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows him.

"From what I have seen here," remarked Sancho, "justice is so good a thing that even robbers find it necessary."

Truly I was born to be an example of misfortune, and a target at which the arrows of adversary are aimed.