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

Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

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

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

The wicked are always ungrateful.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by means of opposites so that you will have two wings to fly, not one

Success does not consist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one a second time.

Love gives us the perfect, pure, and sweetest joy of life.

The self was both its origins and its journey.

Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken! Take heed, do not squander your life.

Society is a madhouse whose wardens are the officials and the police.

I think every market has lot of things in common, and at the same time, every market has lot of different things.

Americans are very good at animating voices. I don't know why. They have a freedom with them that we British actors find more difficult to get to.

No rules according to the Universe. You provide the feelings of having it now; it will respond.

I’m not a warrior or a goddess,” I said at last. Adrian leaned closer. “As far as I’m concerned, you’re both.