Hence it is more the mark of the liberal man to give to the right people than to take from the right sources and not to take from the wrong. For it is more characteristic of virtue to do good than to have good done to one, and more characteristic to do what is noble than not to do what is base;
Bestalde, agerikoa da ongia egitea eta gauza ederrak egitea emateari dagozkiola, eta hartzeari, ongia jasotzea (15) eta gauza lotsagarriak ez egitea.