[It is to show men that these maxims, however cried up for the great guards of truth, will not secure them from error in a careless loose use of their words, that I have made this remark.
Ohar hau egiten badut, gizakiei adierazteko da maximek, egiaren babesleku nagusitzat aldarrikatzen diren arren, ez dituztela errakuntzatik zainduko, hitzak ardurarik ez zehaztasunik gabe erabiliz gero.