Look, sir, did you ever know a man of numbers who did not become small and mean and frightened-all greatness eaten away by little numbers as marching ants nibble a dragon and leave picked bones?
Begira, ezagutu al duzu inoiz zenbakietan diharduen gizonen bat baxu, zikoitz eta beldurti bihurtu ez denik, bere handitasun guztia zifra txikien pipiak jota, inurriek ezarian-ezarian herensuge bat jan, eta hezur pila bat bihur dezaketen bezala.