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

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

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.

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

God seems to have left the receiver off the hook, and time is running out.