Every one, as he is bound to preserve himself, and not to quit his station wilfully, so by the like reason, when his own preservation comes not in competition, ought he, as much as he can, to preserve the rest of mankind, and may not, unless it be to do justice on an offender, take away, or impair the life, or what tends to the preservation of the life, the liberty, health, limb, or goods of another.
Bakoitza bere burua zaintzeko derrigortuta dagoen bezala, ezin duelarik gogoan datorkionean betetzen duen lekua laga, modu berean behartuta dago ahal duen heinean gizateria osoa zaintzera ere, bere bizitza arriskuan ez baldin badago behintzat, eta, hobenduna punitzeko kasuetan salbu, inork ez dezake hurkoaren bizitza ebatsi edo kaltetu, ez eta honen bizitza, askatasun edo osasunari min egin gorputz-atal zein ondasunetan.