It would seem that nothing is more lasting than the manners of an aristocratic class, for they are preserved by that class for some time after it has lost its wealth and its power-nor so fleeting, for no sooner have they disappeared than not a trace of them is to be found;
Ematen du ez dagoela ezer iraunkorragorik klase aristokratiko baten manerak baino, zeren eta, bere ondasunak eta botere galdu ondoren ere, gorde egiten baitu denbora batez;