Never was there anyone more self-possessed than this lady; and to have mastered ourselves in extraordinary cases disposes us to treat even a common case with dissimulation-it makes us inclined, as we have had to do so much violence to ourselves, to extend our control over others, and hold ourselves in a degree compensated in what we outwardly gain for what we inwardly have been obliged to sacrifice.
Zeren inork ez baitzekien bere buruaren jabeago izaten emakume hark baino, eta burujabetza horrek kasurik apartekoenak, eta baita kasu arrunta ere, arretaz tratatzera ohitzen gaitu, geure buruarekiko ahalmen handi hori erabiltzean geure jauntasun besteengana ere hedatzeko isuria ematen digu, kanpoaldean irabazten dugunaz geure burua kitatzeko barrenean galdu dugunaren ordainetan.