I would not have his spirit cowed and subdued, by applying him to the rack, and tormenting him, as some do, fourteen or fifteen hours a day, and so make a pack-horse of him. Neither should I think it good, when, by reason of a solitary and melancholic complexion, he is discovered to be overmuch addicted to his book, to nourish that humour in him;
Mintzatzera entseiatzen banaiz ere, neure gisan eta gogora etorri arauz, bakarrik neure solasez erabiltzen, suertatzen bazait, maiz ohi baita, autore on haietan aurkitzea nik aipatu gaiak, Plutarkoren idurimenaren indarrari buruzko solasaldiarekin berriki gertatu zaidan bezala, neure burua ezagutuz, haien ondoan, honen ahul eta eskas, honen dorpe eta motel, neure buruz urrikaltzen naiz edo gutiesten dut.