Miguel de Cervantes

Every man is as heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse.

There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots.

Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice.

A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.