time has more power to undo and change things than the human will. - Miguel de Cervantes

Translating from one language to another, unless it is from Greek and Latin, the queens of all languages, is like looking at Flemish tapestries from the wrong side, for although the figures are visible, they are covered by threads that obscure them, and cannot be seen with the smoothness and color of the right side.

lea estos libros, y verá cómo le destierran la melancolía que tuviere, y le mejoran la condición, si acaso la tiene mala.

[He] is not going to exit to applause, even if the entire human race should favor him.