It would be to waste the time of my readers and my own if I strove to demonstrate how the general mediocrity of fortunes, the absence of superfluous wealth, the universal desire of comfort, and the constant efforts by which everyone attempts to procure it, make the taste for the useful predominate over the love of the beautiful in the heart of man.
Irakurleen eta neure denbora galduko nukeela uste dut saiatuko banintz frogatzen, aberastasunen kaskarkeria orokorrak, alferrikakorik ezak, ongizatearen desira unibertsalak eta hau eskuratzeko bakoitzak egiten dituen ahalegin unibertsalek erabilgarriaren zaletasuna sortzen dutela giza bihotzean, edertasunarekiko maitasunaren gainetik.