Sancho said he might do as he pleased; but that for his own part he would like to finish off the business quickly before his blood cooled and while he had an appetite, because "in delay there is apt to be danger" very often, and "praying to God and plying the hammer," and "one take was better than two I'll give thee's," and "a sparrow in the hand than a vulture on the wing."
Sancho respondió que hiciese su gusto, pero que él quisiera concluir con brevedad aquel negocio a sangre caliente y cuando estaba picado el molino, porque en la tardanza suele estar muchas veces el peligro; y a Dios rogando y con el mazo dando, y que más valía un "toma" que dos "te daré", y el pájaro en la mano que el buitre volando.