Though thou pass beyond thy landmarks even to the pillars of Heracles, the share of earth that is equal to all men awaits thee, and thou shalt lie even as Irus, having nothing more than thine obolus, mouldering into a land that at last is not thine. XXVIII THE PRICE OF RICHES PALLADAS Thou art rich, and what of it in the end? as thou departest, dost thou drag thy riches with thee, pulling them into the coffin? Thou gatherest riches at expense of time, and thou canst not heap up more exceeding measures of life. XXIX THE DARKNESS OF DAWN AMMIANUS Morning by morning passes; then, while we heed not, suddenly the Dark One will be come, and, some by decaying, and some by parching, and some by swelling, will lead us all to the one pit. XXX NIL EXPEDIT PALLADAS Naked I came on earth, and naked I depart under earth, and why do I vainly labour, seeing the naked end? XXXI THE WAY OF THE WORLD LUCIAN Mortal is what belongs to mortals, and all things pass by us; and if not, yet we pass by them. XXXII THE SUM OF KNOWLEDGE AUTHOR UNKNOWN I was not, I came to be; I was, I am not: that is all; and who shall say more, will lie: I shall not be. XXXIII NIHILISM GLYCON All is laughter, and all is dust, and all is nothing; for out of unreason is all that is. XXXIV NEPENTHE AUTHOR UNKNOWN How was I born? whence am I? why did I come? to go again: how can I learn anything, knowing nothing? Being nothing, I was born; again I shall be as I was before; nothing and nothing-worth is the human race. But come, serve to me the joyous fountain of Bacchus; for this is the drug counter-charming ills. XXXV THE SLAUGHTER-HOUSE PALLADAS We all are watched and fed for Death as a herd of swine butchered wantonly. XXXVI LACRIMAE RERUM PALLADAS Weeping I was born and having wept I die, and I found all my living amid many tears. O tearful, weak, pitiable race of men, dragged under earth and mouldering away! XXXVII THE WORLD'S WORTH AESOPUS