The future is no more uncertain than the present.

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.

The future comes like an unwelcome guest.

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.

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