The Wayfarer

so that they may finally find the most grateful exit or the desired end joyfully. For he who does not know what he is seeking does not know what he will find, and he who errs in the beginning will never reach the middle, much less the ends, since error begets and multiplies error. Therefore, by our labor, so that you may be cautious, Reader, and candid towards it and me, enjoy this willingly without envy, which, where it exists, excuses neither the writer from the vice of obscurity nor the reader from the vice of detraction. Farewell.