A tooth is much more to be prized than a diamond. Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Copy Quote More from Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra “We have come to the church, Sancho.” “O Don Quixote, wise as thou art brave,La Mancha's splendor and of Spain the sta…” “Good painters imitate nature, but bad ones spew it up.” “El que lee mucho y anda mucho, ve mucho y sabe mucho.”