I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.

I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.

That what will come, and must come, shall come well.

That what will come, and must come, shall come well.

The future ain't what it used to be.

The future ain't what it used to be.

You'll see that, since our fate is ruled by chance,
Each man, unknowing, great,
Should frame life read more

You'll see that, since our fate is ruled by chance,
Each man, unknowing, great,
Should frame life so that at some future hour
Fact and his dreamings meet.

Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.

Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.

With mortal crisis doth portend,
My days to appropinque an end.

With mortal crisis doth portend,
My days to appropinque an end.

Pride in their port, defiance in their eye,
I see the lords of humankind pass by.

Pride in their port, defiance in their eye,
I see the lords of humankind pass by.

Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.

Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.