No old age can be so decrepid in a man who has passed his life in honour, but it must be venerable, especially to his children, whose soul he must have trained up to their duty by reason, not by necessity and the need they have of him, nor by harshness and compulsion:
Bere adina ohoretan iragan duen pertsona baten zahartzaroa ez daiteke hain erorkor eta karmindua izan non, bere seme-alabei bereziki, agurgarria izan ez zaien, hauen gogoa bideratu behar baita eginbeharrari buruz arrazoiaz, ez beharraz eta premiaz, ez bortxaz ez eta indarraz ere,