In France the dignity of the long robe, which places those who wear it between the great nobility and the people, and without having such shining honors as the former, has all their privileges; a dignity which, while this body, the depositary of the laws, is encircled with glory, leaves the private members in a mediocrity of fortune;
Frantzian, bi gizarte-klasek hartu dute bereziki parte erresumaren handitasunean. Noble handien eta herriaren artean dagoen togako noblezia hori da bat; lehenaren distira izan gabe, beraren pribilegio guztiak dituena;