Todo cambio de conformación y función que pueda efectuarse por pequeños grados está bajo el poder de la selección natural; de manera que un órgano qu… - Miguel de Cervantes

Let none presume to tell me that the pen is preferable to the sword.

Ni todos los que se llaman caballeros lo son de todo en todo: que unos son de oro, otros de alquimia, y todos parecen caballeros, pero no todos pueden estar al toque de la piedra de la verdad.

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.