In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, but does not captivate the affections. [Sp., No todas hermosuras enamoran, que algunas alegran la vista, y no rinden la voluntad.]

Said the pot to the kettle, "Get away, blackface." [Sp., Dijo la sarten a la caldera, quitate alla ojinegra.]

Let us not throw the rope after the bucket. [Sp., No arrojemos la soga tras el caldero.]

Within a stone's throw of it.

The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society. [Sp., Las necedades del rico por sentencias pasan en el mundo.]