And if poverty were a man, I would have killed him, despite my appreciation for manhood and if extravagance were a ghost, I would have killed it too, even though ghosts cannot be killed.
Si la pobreza fuese un hombre, lo mataría, a pesar de mi aprecio por la virilidad, y, si el derroche fuese un fantasma, lo mataría también, aun si no se puede matar a un fantasma.