Not a change for the better in our human housekeeping has ever taken place that wise and good men have not opposed it—have not prophesied that the world would wake up to find its throat cut in consequence.

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

The future comes like an unwelcome guest.

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

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