More from Miguel de Cervantes

  1. As well look for a needle in a bottle of hay.
  2. I'll turn over a new leaf.
  3. Forewarned forearmed.
  4. La pluma es la lengua del alma: cuales fueren los conceptos que en ella se engendraren, tales seran sus escritos.
  5. Remember the old saying, 'Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.'
  6. Marriage is a noose.
  7. A little in one's own pocket is better than much in another man's purse. 'Tis good to keep a nest egg. Every little makes a mickle.
  8. There are only two families in the world, the Haves and the Have-Nots.

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