For if a man had been originally the son of a king, or had a nature capable of acquiring an empire or a tyranny or sovereignty, what could be more truly base or evil than temperance-to a man like him, I say, who might freely be enjoying every good, and has no one to stand in his way, and yet has admitted custom and reason and the opinion of other men to be lords over him?
Horrela, gauza onez gozatzeko aukera edukita eta inork galarazi gabe, gizaki gehienen lege, hitz eta kritika beren gaineko jauntzat hartuko lukete beraiek.