In the journey of life, do not seek to take the byways. These may lead you to a precipice: Follow the road much safer, the term is at the end.
We often believe, by taking the most distracted paths, to obtain greater advantages, while to our right and left are fresh shades, vermilion and savory fruits, inviting us to a gentle halt; But the goods of easy acquisition, which are, as it were, at the end of the hand, are repugnant to our activity or our pride; We love to agitate for distant things because they have more attraction or because a greater brilliance will follow the conquest.
The straight line is the shortest path from one point to another; Provided of course that the two points are indeed opposite each other