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

Little folks become their little fate.

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

Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them; it is destiny which makes them prudent.

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

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

He alone who owns the youth gains the future.

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

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

The future comes like an unwelcome guest.

As natural selection works solely by and for the good of each being, all corporeal and mental endowments will tend to progress toward perfection.

People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors.

My interest is in the future, because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.