Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth read more

Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.

Certain signs precede certain events.
[Lat., Certis rebus certa signa praecurrunt.]

Certain signs precede certain events.
[Lat., Certis rebus certa signa praecurrunt.]

When Earth's last picture is painted, and the tubes are twisted
and dried,
When the oldest colours have read more

When Earth's last picture is painted, and the tubes are twisted
and dried,
When the oldest colours have faded, and the youngest critic has
died,
We shall rest, and faith, we shall need it--lie down for an aeon
or two,
Till the Master of All Good Workmen shall set us to work anew.

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

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

The present is big with the future.
[Fr., Le present est gros de l'avenir.]

The present is big with the future.
[Fr., Le present est gros de l'avenir.]

Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.

Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.

The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.

The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.

The future ain't what it used to be.

The future ain't what it used to be.

That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.

That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.