Francisco de Quevedo Quote

Envy is so thin and yellow because it bites and does not eat.

Words are like coins, where one is worth many, but many are not worth one.

The brave are afraid of their opponent; the coward is afraid of their own fear.

The spirit that thinks about what it can fear, begins to fear what it can think.

That man who loses honor for the business, loses both the business and the honor.

The one who knows where the treasure is located is not wise, but the one who works and retrieves it.

Pride is the architect of ruin; it places the foundations on high and the tiles on the foundations.

Good advice is good, but I believe it is one of the medicines that are least used and enjoyed.

The friend should be like blood, which rushes to the wound without waiting to be called.

Much becomes little by simply desiring a little more.

Everyone who seems stupid, is, and also half of those who don't seem so are.