Fernando de Rojas

Fernando de Rojas (c. 1465 – April 1541) was a Spanish author and playwright.

La Celestina (1499)

 * Goods which are not shared are not goods.
 * Act I.


 * The use of riches is better than their possession.
 * Act II.


 * The first step towards madness is to think oneself wise.
 * Act II.


 * Riches do not make one rich but busy.
 * Act IV.


 * No one is so old that he cannot live yet another year, nor so young that he cannot die today.
 * Act IV.


 * When God wounds from on high he will follow with the remedy.
 * Act X.


 * When one door closes, fortune will usually open another.
 * Act XV.