Not a change for the better in our human housekeeping has ever taken place that wise and good men have not opposed it—have not prophesied that the world would wake up to find its throat cut in consequence.

He alone who owns the youth gains the future.

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

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

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

All progress is based upon a universal, innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.

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

The future is no more uncertain than the present.

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

The future comes like an unwelcome guest.

Tomorrow never comes, man. It’s all the same fucking day.

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