braced the soil with seeming eagerness, saying, "Thou
shalt not 'scape me, Afric, for I have thee safe in my
arms."

Love has no respect of persons, and laughs at the
admonitions of reason; like Death, he pursues his game both
in the stately palaces of kings and the humble huts of
shepherds. When he has got a soul fairly in his clutches,
his first business is to deprive it of all shame and fear.

Beauty, they say, is the chief thing in love-matters.

"Hearken to me, Sancho," said Don Quixote; "there are two kinds of
beauty,--the one of the mind, the other of the body. That of the mind
shines forth in good sense and good conduct, in modesty, liberality, and
courtesy; and all these qualities may be found in one who has no
personal attractions; and when that species of beauty captivates, it
produces a vehement and superior passion. I well know, Sancho, that I am
not handsome, but I know also that I am not deformed; and a man of
worth, if he be not hideous, may inspire love, provided he has those
qualities of the mind which I have mentioned."

Of all the sins that men commit, though some say pride, in my opinion
ingratitude is the worst. It is truly said that hell is full of the
ungrateful. From that foul crime I have endeavored to abstain ever since
I enjoyed the use of reason; and if I cannot return the good offices
done me by equal benefits, I substitute my desire to repay them; and if
this be not enough, I publish them: for he who proclaims the favors he
has received would return them if he could. And generally the power of
the receiver is unequal to that of the giver, like the bounty of Heaven,
to which no man can make an equal return. But, though utterly unable to
repay the unspeakable beneficence of God, gratitude affords an humble
compensation suited to our limited powers.

Lay a bridge of silver for a flying enemy.

Let Martha die, so that she be well fed.

He that has skill should handle the quill.

There is no greater folly than to give way to despair.

Patience often falls to the ground when it is over-loaded
with injuries.

Alexander the Great ventured to cut the Gordian knot, on the
supposition that cutting would be as effectual as untying
it, and, notwithstanding this violence, became sole master
of all Asia.

"Be not concerned," said Roque, addressing himself to Don
Quixote, "nor tax Fortune with unkindness. By thus
stumbling, you may chance to stand m