He alone who owns the youth gains the future.

The future comes like an unwelcome guest.

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

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

Little folks become their little fate.

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

The world began without man, and it will end without him.

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

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

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

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

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

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