Uncertain ways unsafest are, And doubt a greater mischief than despair.

I kept on digging the hole deeper and deeper looking for the treasure chest until I finally lifted my head, looked up and realized that I had dug my own grave.

You prove but too clearly that seeking to know Is too frequently learning to doubt. [Fr., Vous ne prouvez que trop que chercher a connaitre N'est souvent qu' apprendre a douter.]

Night was our friend, our leader was Despair.

Darkness our guide, Despair our leader was.

'Tis the most certain sign, the world's accurst That the best things corrupted, are the worst; 'Twas the corrupted Light of knowledge, hurl'd Sin, Death, and Ignorance o'er all the world; That Sun like this (from which our sight we have) Gaz'd on too long, resumes the light he gave.