Maxioms by Miguel De Cervantes
By the street of by-and-by, one arrives at the house of never.
By the street of by-and-by, one arrives at the house of never.
Mere flimflam stories, and nothing but shams and lies.
Mere flimflam stories, and nothing but shams and lies.
'Tis said of love that it sometimes goes, sometimes flies; runs with one, walks gravely with another; turns a third read more
'Tis said of love that it sometimes goes, sometimes flies; runs with one, walks gravely with another; turns a third into ice, and sets a fourth in a flame: it wounds one, another it kills: like lightning it begins and ends in the same moment: it makes that fort yield at night which it besieged but in the morning; for there is no force able to resist it.
No padlocks, bolts, or bars can secure a maiden better than her own reserve.
No padlocks, bolts, or bars can secure a maiden better than her own reserve.
Fair and softly goes far.
Fair and softly goes far.
