Single misfortunes never come alone, and the greatest of all national calamities is generally followed by one greater.
The only thing to prevent what's past is to put a stop to it before it happens.
All along the untrodden paths of the future, I can see the footprints of an unseen hand.
A quart bottle should hold a quart.
The best way to avoid danger is to meet it plump.
Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity? For what has posterity ever done for us?