yman must be over and above good, who makes all his
parishioners speak well of him.

Parents ought not to settle their children against their
will.

Though she does not fly or shun the company and conversation
of the shepherds, but treats them in a courteous and
friendly manner, yet, when any one of them ventures to
discover his intention, though it be as just and holy as
that of marriage, she casts him from her as out of a
stone-bow. And by this sort of behavior she does more
mischief in this country than if she carried the plague
about with her; for her affability and beauty win the hearts
of those who converse with her, and incline them to serve
and love her; but her disdain and frank dealing drive them
to despair; and so they know not what to say to her, and can
only exclaim against her, calling her cruel and ungrateful,
with such other titles as plainly denote her character; and,
were you to abide here, sir, awhile, you would hear these
mountains and valleys resound with the complaints of those
rejected wretches that yet follow her. There is a place not
far hence, where about two dozen of tall beeches grow, and
not one of them is without the name of Marcela written and
engraved on its smooth bark; over some of them is carved a
crown, as if the lover would more clearly observe that
Marcela deserves and wears the crown of all human beauty.

Revels, banquets, and repose, were invented for effeminate
courtiers; but toil, disquietude, and arms alone were
designed for those whom the world calls knights-errant.

For never sure was any knight
So served by damsel, or by dame,
As Lancelot, that man of might,
When he at first from Britain came.

The soldier who executes his captain's command is no less
valuable than the captain who gave the order.

"I am of the same opinion," replied the traveller; "but one thing, among
many others which appear to me to be censurable in knights-errant, is
that, when they are prepared to engage in some great and perilous
adventure to the manifest hazard of their lives, at the moment of attack
they never think of commending themselves to God, as every Christian is
bound to do at such a crisis, but rather commend themselves to their
mistresses, and that with as much fervor and devotion as if they were
really their God; a thing which to me savors of paganism."

"Signor," answered Don Quixote, "this can by no