Maybe the greatest madness is to see life as it is rather than what it could be. - Miguel de Cervantes

In the shadow of feigned cripples and false wounds come the strong arms of thieves and very healthy drunkards.

...let his sin be his punishment, let him eat it with his bread, and let that be an end to it.

In the meanwhile Don Quixote was bringing his powers of persuasion to bear upon a farmer who lived near by, a good man-if this title may be applied to one who is poor-but with very few wits in his head. The short of it is, by pleas and promises, he got the hapless rustic to agree to ride forth with him and serve him as his squire. Among other things, Don Quixote told him that he ought to be more than willing to go, because no telling what adventure might occur which would win them an island, and then he (the farmer) would be left to be the governor of it. As a result of these and other similar assurances, Sancho Panza forsook his wife and children and consented to take upon himself the duties of squire to his neighbor.