The truth may be stretched thin, but it never breaks, and it always surfaces above lies, as oil floats on water. - Miguel de Cervantes

todavía es consuelo en las desgracias hallar quien se duela dellas.

Freedom, Sancho, is one of the most precious gifts heaven gave to men; the treasures under the earth and beneath the sea cannot compare to it; for freedom, as well as for honor, one can and should risk one’s life, while captivity, on the other hand, is the greatest evil that can befall men.

God save us all and his Holy Mother too!’ Sancho exclaimed. ‘How can you be so thick-skulled and empty-headed you can’t see that what I’m saying is the plain truth, and that it’s more through roguery than enchantment you’re in this mess and in this cage? But since that’s the way it is I’m going to give you clear proof that you aren’t enchanted. Just you tell me, then, as you’d have God save you from this pickle, and as you’d have my lady Dulcinea take you into her arms when you’re least expecting it …