small pieces of good fortune or of its opposite clearly do not weigh down the scales of life one way or the other, but a multitude of great events if they turn out well will make life happier (for not only are they themselves such as to add beauty to life, but the way a man deals with them may be noble and good), while if they turn out ill they crush and maim happiness;
(25) baina handiek eta askotan gertatzen direnek, berriz, bizitza askoz dohatsuagoa egingo dute (horiek bizitza edertzen baitute berez, eta haien erabilera, ederra eta bertutetsua da);