Good Counsell comes not by Lot, nor by Inheritance; and therefore there is no more reason to expect good Advice from the rich, or noble, in matter of State, than in delineating the dimensions of a fortresse; unlesse we shall think there needs no method in the study of the Politiques, (as there does in the study of Geometry,) but onely to be lookers on;
Aholku ona ez da sortzen ez halabeharrez ez herentziaz; beraz, aberatsak edo nobleak Estatuko arazoei buruz eman dezaketen aholkuak ez du zertan izan berez gaztelu baten diseinurako eman dezaketen aholkua baino hobea, zera uste ezik: politika-gaietan aditua izateko ez dela ezelako metodorik behar (geometriaren ikasketarako behar den bezala), baizik hautemaile onak izatea nahikoa dela;