Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

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

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.

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

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