At present there are such goings-on that everything is at a standstill.
Half the lies our opponents tell about us are untrue.
All along the untrodden paths of the future, I can see the footprints of an unseen hand.
The only thing to prevent what's past is to put a stop to it before it happens.
Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity? For what has posterity ever done for us?
Single misfortunes never come alone, and the greatest of all national calamities is generally followed by one greater.