Miguel de Cervantes Wise Quotations

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.

Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.

The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society.

It is the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket.

The wise hand does not all the tongue dictates.

For if he like a madman lived; At least he like a wise one died.

Good wits jump; a word to the wise is enough.

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.

Now, blessings light on him that first invented sleep!Ê It covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak; it is meat for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, heat for the cold, and cold for the hot.Ê It is the current coin that purchases all the pleasures of the world cheap, and the balance that sets the king and the shepherd, the fool and the wise man, even.

A wise man does not trust all his eggs to one basket.

Nor has his death the world deceiv'd than his wondrous life surprise d; if he like a madman liv'd least he like a wise one dy'd.