Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra)

My heart is wax to be moulded as she pleases, but enduring as
marble to retain.

My heart is wax to be moulded as she pleases, but enduring as
marble to retain.

Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.

Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.

Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get
blunted.

Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get
blunted.

The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society.
[Sp., Las necedades del rico por sentencias read more

The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society.
[Sp., Las necedades del rico por sentencias pasan en el mundo.]

Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.

Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.