One would have thought that it should have been clear to him that this exasperation with circumstances and people aggravated his illness, and that he ought therefore to ignore unpleasant occurrences. But he drew the very opposite conclusion:
Bazirudien garbi eduki behar zuela inguruabarren eta pertsonen kontrako amorratze horrek areagotu egiten ziotela gaixotasuna eta horregatik ez ziela jaramonik egin behar gertakari higuingarriei; berak zeharo alderantzizko arrazoiketa zerabilen: