Why the devil does it trouble you when I make use of my fortune, when I have no other, and no other wealth except proverbs and more proverbs? And right now four have come to mind that are a perfect fit, like pears in a wicker basket, but I won't say them, because golden silence is what they call Sancho.' 'By God, my lord and master,' replied Sancho, 'your grace complains about very small things. Tell me, where do you find them, you ignorant man, and how do you apply them, you fool, when to say only one that is really applicable, I have to perspire and labor like a ditchdigger?' I assure you that one day these proverbs will lead you to the gallows because of them your vassals will take the governorship away from you, or rise up against you. 'May sixty thousand devils take you and your proverbs! For the past hour you have been stringing them together and with each one giving me a cruel taste of torment. 'O, may you be accursed, Sancho!' said Don Quixote at this point. Sancho responds that he probably won't remember all the precepts, and lets fly with a string of his fractured-sounding proverbs.

has been informing Sancho about what he needs to do to govern his insula. Perhaps this passage will suffice, from Chapter 43, entitled, 'Regarding the second set of precepts that Don Quixote gave to Sancho Panza' - Don Q. Sancho Panza in 'Don Quixote' is so chockful of malaproprian proverbs it is difficult to know where to begin to cite them.

The proverbs and maxims of sancho panza