Yet what is more pleasant than that they do all things by rule and, as it were, a kind of mathematics, the least swerving from which were a crime beyond forgiveness-as how many knots their shoes must be tied with, of what color everything is, what distinction of habits, of what stuff made, how many straws broad their girdles and of what fashion, how many bushels wide their cowl, how many fingers long their hair, and how many hours sleep;
Adibidez, oinetakoek zenbat korapilo izan behar duten, gerrikoak nolako kolorea, jantziak zenbat zati ezberdin eta zein ehun-motaz egina, gerrikoa nolako luzerakoa eta nolako itxurakoa, kapusaiak zenbat lakariko edukiera, buruntzak zenbat hatzeko zabalera, eta lo zenbat ordu egin behar den.