458 Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes

When one door is shut, another opens.

As ill-luck would have it.

Man appoints, and God disappoints.

Love is invisible and comes and goes where it wants, without anyone asking about it.

Now, blessings light on him that first invented sleep!Ê It covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak; it is meat for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, heat for the cold, and cold for the hot.Ê It is the current coin that purchases all the pleasures of the world cheap, and the balance that sets the king and the shepherd, the fool and the wise man, even.

Captivity is the greatest of all evils that can befall one.

Wine taken in moderation never does any harm.

They can expect nothing but their labor for their pains. - Cervantes

Wine in excess keeps neither secrets nor promises.