All Roads Lead to Rome, but Only One to Heaven

 After the removal of an old Roman altar, and shortly before Christianity became the official religion of Rome, Quintas Symmachus wrote to the Senate, requesting the restoration of the Roman gods:

"We ask, then, for peace for the gods of our fathers and of our country. It is just that all worship should be considered as one. We look on the same stars, the sky is common, the same world surrounds us. What difference does it make by what pains each seeks the truth? We cannot attain to so great a secret by one road." (Sources of The Making of the West)


I'd guess that Symmachus had never tried hunting for buried treasure, without having the treasure map, otherwise he would have known how important it is to have the right road.  
But there is nothing new under the sun is there?  People still express that idea today, though rarely do they put it as beautifully as Symmachus did.