When A Creature Has Developed Into One

Thou Shalt Not Make A Machine In The Likeness Of A Human Mind.

Empires Do Not Suffer Emptiness Of Purpose At The Time Of Their Creation. It Is When They Have Become Established That Aims Are Lost And Replaced By Vague Ritual.

Caution Is The Path To Mediocrity. Gliding, Passionless Mediocrity Is All That Most People Think They Can Achieve.

Power Attracts The Corruptible. Suspect All Who Seek It ... We Should Grant Power Over Our Affairs Only To Those Who Are Reluctant To Hold It And Then Only Under Conditions That Increase That Reluctance.

Ambitions Tend To Remain Undisturbed By Realities.