Motto

Kto proch szeroko rozsypie, i podpali; zrobi mały błysk bez mocy, i huku, i skutku. Ale kte proch zakopie głęboko, i podpali; tedy wywróci ziemie i mur z hukiem i skutkiem, a ludzie mówić będą: zaiste było tam wiele prochu; chociaż było nie wiele, ale w zakopaniu głębokiém. /Xięgi Pielgrzymstwa Polskiego/

He that spreads the powder widely over the surface, and kindles it, makes but a flash, without power, without noise, and without any effect. But he who hides the gunpowder deep in the mine, and kindles it, causes the earth and the wall to blow up in the air, with noise and with effect, and the people say, “Verily, there was a great quantity of powder;” although, in fact, there were but a few grains, but laid in a deep mine. /Books of The Polish Pilgrimage/