Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra)

Heaven's help is better than early rising.

Heaven's help is better than early rising.

Not with whom you are born, but with whom you are bred.
[Sp., No con quien naces, sino con read more

Not with whom you are born, but with whom you are bred.
[Sp., No con quien naces, sino con quien paces.]

I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no
occasion.

I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no
occasion.

With life many things are remedied.
(While there's life there's hope.)
[Sp., Con la vida muchas cosas read more

With life many things are remedied.
(While there's life there's hope.)
[Sp., Con la vida muchas cosas se remedian.]

The sun, too, shines into cesspools, and is not polluted.

The sun, too, shines into cesspools, and is not polluted.