A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.

I can't speak for the future. I have no crystal ball.

All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.

Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 1939 were caused by payments for past, present, and future wars.

The future influences the present just as much as the past.