It sometimes happens that, wearied with public affairs and sated with opulence, amidst the ruin of religious belief and the decline of the State, the heart of an aristocracy may by degrees be seduced to the pursuit of sensual enjoyments only.
Batzuetan gertatzen da arazo publikoetako lasaikeriak, aberastasun-gehiegikeriak, sineskizunen hondamenak eta estatuaren gainbeherak poliki-poliki gozamen materialetarantz bakarrik desbideratzen dutela aristokraziaren bihotza.