However, I derive these comforts from my infirmity: first, that it is an evil from which principally I have found reason to correct a worse, that would easily enough have grown upon me, namely, ambition; the defect being intolerable in those who take upon them public affairs.
Nolabait ere kontsolatzen naiz. Lehenik, huts hartatik atera baitut ene baitan sort zitekeen puskaz gaizkiago den beste baten zuzentzeko arrazoina, handinahia esan nahi dut-memoriarik eza erabat barkaezinezko tatxa da munduko negoziazioetan dabilen batengan-;