Francisco de Quevedo

“A powerful gentleman is Sir Money.”

“Where there is little justice, it is a danger to be right.”

“The last thing we find in making a book is to know what we must put first.”

“The envious man grows thin by the fatness of his neighbor.”

“He who is greedy is always in want.”

“True valor is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing before all the world.”

“He who would be feared by many must fear many.”

“Better to be king of your silence than a slave to your words.”

“A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity.”

“The promises of the great are the food of fools.”

“I am a was, and a will be, and a weary is.”

“Retirement is the harbor of tribulations.”

“He who is content with nothing, possesses all things.”

“The appetite of the eyes is never satisfied.”

“Those who are believed to be fools are, and so are half of those who are not.”

“From the passions of others, we discover our own.”

“Griefs, when shared, are less.”

“It is a sign of a great spirit to have to repent of little.”

“The grave is the city of bones.”

“The wise man is not he who gives the right answers, he is the one who asks the right questions.”