| No. | Quotation | Subject | Source |
| 1 | Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our own deeds.
| Action | |
| 2 | The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part.
| Actors | |
| 3 | You're leaping over the hedge before you come to the stile.
| Anticipation | Don Quixote |
| 4 | Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art.
| Association | Don Quixote |
| 5 | All beauty does not inspire love; some beauties please the sign without captivating the affections.
| Beauty | |
| 6 | Beauty in a modest woman is like fire at a distance, or a sharp sword beyond reach. -- The one does not burn, or the other wound those that come not too near them.
| Beauty | |
| 7 | The pen is the tongue of the mind.
| Books | |
| 8 | Let every man mind his own business.
| Business | Don Quixote |
| 9 | Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.
| Caution | |
| 10 | Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.
| Coward | |
