There is not any present moment that is unconnected with some future one. The life of every man is a continued chain of incidents, each link of which hangs upon the former. The transition from cause to effect, from event to event, is often carried on by secret steps, which our foresight cannot divine, and our sagacity is unable to trace. Evil may at some future period bring forth good; and good may bring forth evil, both equally unexpected.

There are no rewards or punishments -- only consequences.

Whatever our creed, we feel that no good deed can by any possibility go unrewarded, no evil deed unpunished.

Men must try and try again. They must suffer the consequences of their own mistakes and learn by their own failures and their own successes.

It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.