"Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future." — Jean de La Bruyère

A thing of beauty is a joy forever; its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness

Source: Endymion (1818)

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future

Source: A Woman of No Importance (1893)

To get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with

Source: Following the Equator, ch. 48 (1897)

Men are but children of a larger growth.

Source: All for Love; Or, The World Well Lost (1677)

I never think of the future. It comes soon enough

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time

Jean de La Bruyère Quote