I give, as it seems to me, with good reason the palm to Jacques Amyot of all our French writers, not only for the simplicity and purity of his language, wherein he excels all others, nor for his constancy in going through so long a work, nor for the depth of his knowledge, having been able so successfully to smooth and unravel so knotty and intricate an author (for let people tell me what they will, I understand nothing of Greek;
Jacques Amyoti ematen diot, arrazoiarekin uste dut, gure idazle frantses guztien gaineko lehentasuna, ez bakarrik hizkuntzaren soildura eta garbitasunagatik, besteak oro gainditzen baititu, eta ez hain lan luzean iraun duelako, ez haren jakintzaren barrentasunagatik, hain egile arantzatsu eta gogorra hedatu ahal duelarik (zeren nahi dena esanen baitzait: grekoz deus ere ez dut entelegatzen;