And though by mens actions wee do discover their designee sometimes; yet to do it without comparing them with our own, and distinguishing all circumstances, by which the case may come to be altered, is to decypher without a key, and be for the most part deceived, by too much trust, or by too much diffidence; as he that reads, is himselfe a good or evill man.
Eta zenbaitetan gizakumeen ekintzen bidez haien asmoak hautematen ditugun arren, haienak eta gureak alderatu gabe eta kasu jakin bat aldaraz dezaketen zertzelada guztiak kontuan hartu gabe eginez gero, koderik gabe deszifratzen jardutea bezala da; eta kasu gehienetan huts egitea, dela uste gehiegi, dela susmo gehiegi izatearren; irakurketa egiten duena bera pertsona ona ala gaiztoa den.