The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we have in our power, and look forward to that which depends upon chance, and so relinquish a certainty for an uncertainty.

La mayor pérdida de tiempo es la demora y las expectativas, que dependen del futuro. Dejamos ir el presente, que tenemos en nuestro poder, y esperamos aquello que depende del azar, y así cedemos la certeza de una incertidumbre.

maiore mora mora spem futuram pertinent. Dimitte nobis hoc quod habemus in potentia secundum quod fortunam spectat et relinqueret incertum pro certo.