Neither old people nor sour people seem to make friends easily; for there is little that is pleasant in them, and no one can spend his days with one whose company is painful, or not pleasant, since nature seems above all to avoid the painful and to aim at the pleasant.
Eta badirudi ez gizaki zaharrak ez gizaki garratzek ez dutela adiskidetasunerako joerarik, (15) gizaki horiengan aurkitu daitekeen plazera txikia baita, eta inork ezin dezake denbora luze igaro gizaki goibel edo gizaki ezatsegin batekin, agerian baitago naturak goibela dena bereziki saihestu eta atsegina denerako joera duela.