A man may repose more confidence in a sword he holds in his hand than in a bullet he discharges out of a pistol, wherein there must be a concurrence of several circumstances to make it perform its office, the powder, the stone, and the wheel: if any of which fail it endangers your fortune.
Itxura gehiago du eskuan dugun ezpata batez fidatzeak ezen ez gure pistolatik ihes doan balaz, horretan zati anitz baitira, polbora, harria, xirrika, eta haietan xehenak huts egiten badizu zeure zoriak ere eginen dizu. Aireak daramakizun kolpea xuxen handirik gabe jotzen duzu,