Nor was there any need of forcing my heavy and lazy disposition; for being born to such a fortune as I had reason to be contented with (a reason, nevertheless, that a thousand others of my acquaintance would have rather made use of for a plank upon which to pass over in search of higher fortune, to tumult and disquiet), and with as much intelligence as I required, I sought for no more, and also got no more:
Eta neuretzat, ez da izaera pisudun, nagi eta alfer hau bortxatu behar izan. Zeren, halako ontasun mailan aurkitu naiz sortzetik non bertan gelditzeko aldia eduki baitut, eta halako zentzu-mailan non aldiaren edukitzeari ohartu bainaiz, ez dut ezer bilatu ez hartu ere: