Don Quixote, touched to the heart, and fearing he might make an end of himself, and that through Sancho's imprudence he might miss his own object, said to him, "As thou livest, my friend, let the matter rest where it is, for the remedy seems to me a very rough one, and it will be well to have patience; 'Zamora was not won in an hour.'
Tierna la de don Quijote, temeroso de que no se le acabase la vida, y no consiguiese su deseo por la imprudencia de Sancho, le dijo: -Por tu vida, amigo, que se quede en este punto este negocio, que me parece muy áspera esta medicina, y será bien dar tiempo al tiempo; que no se ganó Zamora en un hora.