None Wise Dares Hopeless Venture.

Why Do We Make So Much Of Knowledge, Struggle So Hard To Get Some Little Skill Not Worth The Effort?

Judge A Tree From Its Fruit, Not From Its Leaves.

O Virtue, I Have Followed You Through Life, And Find You At Last But A Shade.

Do We, Holding That The Gods Exist, Deceive Ourselves With Insubstantial Dreams And Lies, While Random Careless Chance And Change Alone Control The World?

Do Not Mistake The Rule Of Force For True Power. Men Are Not Shaped By Force.