“Truly I was born to be an example of misfortune, and a target at which the arrows of adversary are aimed.”

“They must take me for a fool, or even worse, a lunatic. And no wonder ,for I am so intensely conscious of my misfortune and my misery is so overwhelming that I am powerless to resist it and am being turned into stone, devoid of all knowledge or feeling.”

“For me alone Don Quixote was born and I for him. His was the power of action, mine of writing.”

“One who has not only the four S's, which are required in every good lover, but even the whole alphabet; as for example... Agreeable, Bountiful, Constant, Dutiful, Easy, Faithful, Gallant, Honorable, Ingenious, Kind, Loyal, Mild, Noble, Officious, Prudent, Quiet, Rich, Secret, True, Valiant, Wise; the X indeed, is too harsh a letter to agree with him, but he is Young and Zealous.”

“Not with whom you are born, but with whom you are bred.”

“...for hope is always born at the same time as love...”

“Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.”