And thus by sleeping little, and reading much, the moisture of his brain was exhausted to that degree that at last he lost the use of his reason.[translation by John Willis Clark]And what with little sleep and much reading his brains got so dry that he lost his wits.[translation by John Ormsby][Del poco dormir y del mucho leer se le secó el celebro de manera, que vino a perder el juicio.]

Source:(ed. 1871), Part I, Chapter I, Page 2; (ed. 1885), Part I, Chapter I, Volume I, Page 107
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