Cervantes
Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra – 22 April 1616), was a Spanish writer who is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists...
stones ill pitcher
Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher, it goes ill with the pitcher.
worst
Let the worst come to the worst.
love modesty darts
The darts of love are blunted by maiden modesty.
men wife house
When a man says, "Get out of my house! what would you have with my wife?" there is no answer to be made.
evil goodness
Seek for good, but expect evil.
friends men law
For men may prove and use their friends, as the poet expresses it, usque ad aras, meaning that a friend should not be required to act contrary to the law of God.
evil ifs
Evil comes not amiss if it comes alone.
military war blessing
Let me leap out of the frying-pan into the fire; or, out of God's blessing into the warm sun.
men mind sin
Let every man mind his own business.
porridge miscellaneous breaths
Spare your breath to cool your porridge.
trifles
We must not stand upon trifles.
men hell
Man have to have friends even in hell.
hell retention
In hell there is no retention.
women jewels world
There is no jewel in the world so valuable as a chaste and virtuous woman.