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

It would be madness, and inconsistency, to suppose that things which have never yet been performed can be performed without employing some hitherto untried means.

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

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

Little folks become their little fate.

The world is dying of machinery; that is the great disease, that is the plague that will sweep away and destroy civilization; man will have to rise against it sooner or later.

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

The future, like everything else, is no longer quite what it used to be.

I’ve seen the future, brother; it is murder.

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

The future...something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.

The future comes like an unwelcome guest.

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