Every man is the son of his own works. — Miguel de Cervantes

It takes a woman twenty years to make a man of her son, and another woman twenty minutes to make a fool of him. — Helen Rowland
It takes one woman twenty years to make a man of her son - and another woman twenty minutes to make a fool of him. — Helen Rowland
A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over... is saying no good son should warn his mother of a cliff until she has fallen. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
That's the nature of women, not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not. — Miguel de Cervantes
He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all. — Miguel de Cervantes
To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope. — Miguel de Cervantes