For we unweariedly strive from wish to wish; and although every satisfaction, however much it promised, when attained fails to satisfy us, but for the most part comes presently to be an error of which we are ashamed, yet we do not see that we draw water with the sieve of the Danaides, but ever hasten to new desires.
Zeren nekagaitz ahalegintzen baikara desiratik desirara eta lortutako asekuntza bakoitzak, nahiz eta asko agindu, asetzen ez gaituen bezala, baizik eta errore lotsagarri gisara hor dagoen bezala, oraindik ez dugu ikusten Danaiden upelarekin ura ateratzen ari garela; baizik beti desira berrietara jotzen dugu lasterka: