Consider well the proportions of things. It is better to be a young June-bug than an old bird of paradise.

If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.

Si Dieu n'existait pas, il faudrait l'inventer. [If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.]

Any road followed to its end leads precisely nowhere. Climb the mountain just a little to test it's a mountain. From the top of the mountain, you cannot see the mountain.

Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you; if you don't bet, you can't win.