Disappointment is the nurse of wisdom.

The only thing to prevent what's past is to put a stop to it before it happens.

Mr Speaker, I smell a rat; I see him forming in the air and darkening the sky; but I will nip him in the bud.

The best way to avoid danger is to meet it plump.

All along the untrodden paths of the future, I can see the footprints of an unseen hand.

Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity? For what has posterity ever done for us?

How can I be in two places at once, unless I were a bird?