"Yo no estimo tesoros ni riquezas; y así, siempre me causa más contento poner riquezas en mi pensamiento que no mi pensamiento en las riquezas."

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I do not set store by treasures or riches; and therefore it always brings me more joy only to fix riches in my intellect and never my intellect fix on riches. — Sonnet 146, as translated by Edith Grossman in Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: Selected Works (2014) — Alternate translation: I do not value treasures or riches; it always gives me more pleasure to put wealth in my thought than thought in my wealth.