causa latet, vis est notissima

The cause is hidden, but the result is well known.

Notes

Ovid: Metamorphoses IV, 287; motto of Alpha Sigma Phi.

Words

later – brick
late – broadly, extensively, widely
causa – case, case at law, cause, condition, interest, law, motive, pretext, reason, situation
latex – liquid
latet – to be unknown
latere – lie hidden, to lurk