“Patience and shuffle the cards.”

— Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (1605–1615), Part II

About Miguel de Cervantes

1547 – 1616

Spanish novelist, author of "Don Quixote".

“Valour lies just halfway between rashness and cowheartedness.”

“Fear is sharp-sighted, and can see things underground, and much more in the skies.”

“Every one is the son of his own works.”

“By perseverance the snail reached the ark.”

“Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.”

“Perseverance, n. A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.”

“Our patience will achieve more than our force.”

“Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.”

“He that can have patience can have what he will.”