"A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world as a public indecency."
- Miguel de Cervantes (1605 - 1615)

"Absence, that common cure of love."
- Miguel de Cervantes (1605 - 1615)

"Can we ever have too much of a good thing?"
- Miguel de Cervantes (1605 - 1615)

"Everyone is as God made him, and often a great deal worse."
- Miguel de Cervantes (1605 - 1615)

"Fear is sharp-sighted, and can see things underground, and much more in the skies."
- Miguel de Cervantes (1605 - 1615)

"Proverbs are short sayings drawn from long experience."
- Miguel de Cervantes (1605 - 1615)

"Tell me what company you keep, and I'll tell you what you are."
- Miguel de Cervantes (1605 - 1615)

"The proof of the pudding is in the eating."
- Miguel de Cervantes (1605 - 1615)