a razão da sem-razão que à minha razão se faz, de tal maneira a minha razão enfraquece, que com razão me queixo da vossa formosura; e também quando l… - Miguel de Cervantes

Teresa dice –dijo Sancho– que ate bien mi dedo 7 con vuestra merced, y que hablen cartas y callen barbas 8, porque quien destaja no baraja, pues más vale un toma que dos te daré. Y yo digo que el consejo de la mujer es poco, y el que no le toma es loco.

Now, blessings light on him that first invented this same sleep! It covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak; it is meat for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, heat for the cold, and cold for the hot. It is the current coin that purchases all the pleasures of the world cheap, and the balance that sets the king and the shepherd, the fool and the wise man, even.

There is no greater folly in this world than for a man to despair.