Had I used half as much prudence to have looked into my own interest, and have made a judgment of what I ought to have done and not to have done, I had certainly never gone away from so prosperous an undertaking, leaving all the probable views of a thriving circumstance, and gone upon a voyage to sea, attended with all its common hazards, to say nothing of the reasons I had to expect particular misfortunes to myself.
Zoo ik half zoo veel zorg betoond had voor mijn waar belang, zou ik zeker nimmer zulk eene voorspoedige zaak vaarwel gezegd hebben, om eene zeereis, met al hare gevaren, te gaan doen, zonder te rekenen hoe veel reden ik had van ongelukken voor mij te verwachten.