Off I Go, Rummaging About

Though We May Be Learned By Another's Knowledge, We Can Never Be Wise But By Our Own Experience.

Examples Teach Us That In Military Affairs, And All Others Of A Like Nature, Study Is Apt To Enervate And Relax The Courage Of Man, Rather Than To Give Strength And Energy To The Mind.

In General I Ask For Books That Make Use Of Learning, Not Those That Build It Up.

Pleasure Itself Is Painful At The Bottom.

Water, Earth, Air, Fire, And The Other Parts Of This Structure Of Mine Are No More Instruments Of Your Life Than Instruments Of Your Death. Why Do You Fear Your Last Day? It Contributes No More To Your Death Than Each Of The Others. The Last Step Does Not Cause The Fatigue, But Reveals It. All Days Travel Toward Death, The Last One Reaches It.