The honour of combat consists in the jealousy of courage, and not of skill; and therefore I have known a friend of mine, famed as a great master in this exercise, in his quarrels make choice of such arms as might deprive him of this advantage and that wholly depended upon fortune and assurance, that they might not attribute his victory rather to his skill in fencing than his valour.
Guduen ohorea kuraiaren sutan datza, ez jakintzarenean; horregatik ikusi dut neure adiskideetarik bat, ariketa horretan jakitun handitzat omendurik, bere aharretan abantaila horren bidea ken ziezazioten armen bilatzea, zori eta segurantzaren menpean zirenak, bere suhartasunari baino gehiago bere esgrimari garaipena eman ez dakion amoreagatik;