God seems to have left the receiver off the hook, and time is running out.

Little folks become their little fate.

The less a man knows about the past and the present, the more insecure must prove to be his judgment of the future.

Men are able to assist fortune but not to thwart her. They can weave her designs, but they cannot destroy them.

A change of fortune hurts a wise man no more than a change of the moon.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

He alone who owns the youth gains the future.

Time will reveal everything. It is a babbler and speaks even when not asked.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

We must confess that at present the rich predominate, but the future will be for the virtuous and ingenious.

Every man takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.

The future comes like an unwelcome guest.