And so, my Sancho, get you back to your house and explain my intentions to your Teresa, and if she likes and you like to be on reward with me, bene quidem; if not, we remain friends; for if the pigeon-house does not lack food, it will not lack pigeons; and bear in mind, my son, that a good hope is better than a bad holding, and a good grievance better than a bad compensation.
Así que, Sancho mío, volveos a vuestra casa, y declarad a vuestra Teresa mi intención; y si ella gustare y vos gustáredes de estar a merced conmigo, bene quidem; y si no, tan amigos como de antes; que si al palomar no le falta cebo, no le faltarán palomas. Y advertid, hijo, que vale más buena esperanza que ruin posesión, y buena queja que mala paga.