Fernando de Rojas
When one door closes, fortune will usually open another.Collection: Doors
The use of riches is better than their possession.Collection: Use
The first step towards madness is to think oneself wise.Collection: Wise
No one is so old that he cannot live yet another year, nor so young that he cannot die today.Collection: Years
Goods which are not shared are not goods.Collection: Justice
When God wounds from on high he will follow with the remedy.Collection: God
O world, world when I was younger I thought there was some order governing you and your deeds. But now you seem to be a labyrinth of errors, a frightful desert, a den of wild beasts, a game in which men move in circles…a stony field, a meadow full of serpents, a flowering but barren orchard, a spring of cares, a river of tears, a sea of suffering, a vain hope.Collection: Spring
It is the enemy whom we do not suspect who is the most dangerous.Collection: Enemy
Riches do not make one rich but busy.Collection: Riches