Part 7

“To do good to low fellows is to throw water into the sea.”--I. 23.

“The absent feel and fear every ill.”--I. 25.

“Many think to find bacon where there are not even hooks to hang it on.”--I. 25; II. 55, 65, 73.

“He who does not intend to pay is not troubled in making his bargain.”--I. 28.

“The danger is generally in the delay.”--I. 29, 46; II. 41, 71.

“A bird in the hand is better than an eagle on the wing.”--I. 31; II. 12, 71.

“We must suit our behaviour to the occasion.”--I. 31; II. 3.

“To know where the shoe pinches.”--I. 32.

“You often find a good drinker under a bad cloak.”--I. 33.

“He who gives quickly, gives twice.”--I. 34.

“There is a great distance between said and done.”--I. 46.

“Diligence is the mother of success.”--I. 46.

“Every one is the son of his own works.”--I. 47.

“Since I am a man, I may come to be Pope.”--I. 47.

“When the head aches, all the members feel it.”--II. 2.

“Honours change manners.”--II. 4.

“Everyone is as God has made him, and very often worse.”--II. 4.

“He who covers thee, discovers thee.”--II. 5.

“The virtuous maid and the broken leg must stay at home.”--II. 5, 49.

“Better a daughter ill-married than well kept.”--II. 5.

“Great deeds are reserved for great men.”--II. 5.

“He who cannot take advantage of fortune when it comes, should not complain if it passes him by.”--II. 5.

“The counsel of a woman is not worth much, but he who does not take it is worth nothing.”--II. 7.

“Many littles makes much.”--II. 7.

“He who shuffles the cards does not cut them.”--II. 7.

“The lamb goes (to the butcher) as soon as the sheep.”--II. 7.

“Tell me with whom you live, and I will tell you what you are.”--II. 9.

“Truth always gets above falsehood, as oil above water.”--II. 9.

“Not with whom thou art bred, but with whom thou art fed.”--II. 10, 32, 68.

“Madness must necessarily have more followers than discretion.”--II. 13.

“Those who seek adventures do not always find happy ones.”--II. 13.

“It is other people’s burdens that kill the ass.”--II. 13.

“If the blind lead the blind, both are in danger of falling into the ditch.”--II. 13.

“There is no road so level as to have no rough places.”--II. 13.

“To know how many three and two make.--II. 13, 36.

“The lance never blunted the pen, nor the pen the lance.”--II. 16.

“Between a woman’s Yes and No I would not venture to stick the point of a pin.”--II. 19.

“For God who sends the wounds, sends the cure.”--II. 19.

“Love looks through spectacles which make copper appear gold, riches poverty, and weak eyes distil pearls.”--II. 19.

“Every sheep with his fellow.”--II. 19.

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”--II. 20.

“Let him preach well who lives well.”--II. 20.

“He who does not rise with the sun, does not enjoy the day.”--II. 23.

“He who errs and repents recommends himself to God.”--II. 28.

“To talk of a rope in the house of one who has been hanged.”--II. 28.

“Where you least expect it up starts the hare.”--II. 30.

“He who lives a long life, must needs go through many evils.”--II. 32.

“Associate with good men and thou wilt be one of them.”--II. 32.

“The little birds have God for a caterer.”--II. 33.

All is not gold that glitters.”--II. 33.

“Four yards of Cuenca cloth keep one warmer than as many of fine Segovia serge.”--II. 33.

To begin an affair is to have it half finished.”--II. 33.

“At night all cats are grey.”--II. 33.

“Nobody is born learned; and (even) bishops are made of men.”--II. 33.

“I am an old dog, and ‘tus, tus,’ will not do for me.”--II. 33, 69.

“A good name is better than great riches.”--II. 33.

“The corpse of the Pope takes no more ground than that of the sacristan.”--II. 33.

“The fire gives light, and the flames brightness, and yet they may both destroy us.”--II. 34.

“We make less account of that which costs us little.”--II. 34.

“A good heart overcomes evil fortune.--II. 35.

“The ass laden with gold mounts lightly up the hill.”--II. 35.

“There is nothing that costs less than civility.”--II. 36.

“There is no avenging yourself upon a rich man.”--II. 37.

“You may lose as well by a card too much as by a card too little.”--II. 37.

“Make yourself into honey and the flies will devour you.”--II. 43, 49.

“To ‘Get out of my house!’ and ‘What do you want with my wife?’ there is no answer.”--II. 43.

“We are all equals when we are asleep.”--II. 43.

“The foolish sayings of the rich man pass for saws in society.”--II. 43.

“As much as you have, so much you are worth.”--II. 43.

“Heaven always favours good desires.”--II. 43.

“To whom God wishes well, his house knows it.”--II. 43.

“There can be no true pleasantry without discretion.”--II. 44.

“We do not know what is good until we have lost it.”--II. 48.

“It is better for him whom God helps than for him who always rises early.”--II. 49.

“She who desires to see, desires also to be seen.”--II. 49.

“When God sends the dawn, He sends it for all.”--II. 49.

“As long as I am warm, let them laugh (who will).”--II. 50.

“Ingratitude is the child of pride.”--II. 51.

“When you are at Rome, do as you see.”--II. 54.

“Man proposes and God disposes.”--II. 55.

“Until death, all is life.”--II. 59.

“He who falls to-day, may rise to-morrow.”--II. 65.

“Said the pot to the kettle, ‘Get away, blackface!’”--II. 67.

“What the eyes see not, breaks not the heart.”--II. 67.

“The righteous sometimes suffer for sinners.”--II. 67.

“Do away with the motive, and you do away with the sin.”--II. 67.

“He who rails is not far from forgiving.”--II. 70.

CHRONOLOGICAL REPERTOIRE OF DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE LIFE OF CERVANTES.