probability; as general history is valuable in proportion as it is
authentic."

Rashness is not valor; doubtful hopes ought to make men
resolute, not rash.

There is a remedy for all things except death.

Between said and done
A long race may be run.

He whom Heaven favors may St. Peter bless.

They that give must take.

Where there are hooks, we do not always find bacon.

Good expectation is better than bad possession.

To-day for you, and to-morrow for me.

He that falls to-day may rise to-morrow.

Great hearts should be patient under misfortunes, as well as
joyful when all goes well.

I have heard say, she they call Fortune is a drunken,
freakish dame, and withal so blind that she does not see
what she is about; neither whom she raises, nor whom she
pulls down.

One thing I must tell thee, there is no such thing in the
world as fortune; nor do the events which fall out, whether
good or evil, proceed from chance, but from the particular
appointment of Heaven,--and hence comes the usual saying,
that every man is the maker of his own fortune.

The faults of the ass should not be laid on the pack-saddle.

When it rains let the shower fall upon my cloak.

"Observe, Sancho," said Don Quixote, "there is a great deal
of difference between love and gratitude. It is very
possible for a gentleman not to be in love; but, strictly
speaking, it is impossible he should be ungrateful."

The sin will cease when the temptation is removed.

The heart will not grieve for what the eye doth not
perceive.

What prayers can ne'er gain, a leap from a hedge may obtain.

Proverbs are short maxims of human wisdom, the result of
experience and observation, and are the gifts of ancient
sages; yet the proverb which is not aptly applied, instead
of being wisdom, is stark nonsense.

It is the part of a good servant to sympathize with his
master's pains.

"Methinks," quoth Sancho, "that a man cannot be suffering
much when he can turn his brain to verse-making."

SANCHO PANZA ON SLEEP.

"No entiendo eso," replied Sancho; "solo entiendo que en tanto que
duermo, ni tengo temor, ni esperanza, ni trabajo, ni gloria; y bien haya
el que invento el sueno, capa que cubre todos los humanos pensamientos,
manjar que quita la hambre, agua que ahuyenta la sed, fuego que calienta
el frio, frio que templa el ardor, y finalmente moneda general con que