Study the past if you would divine the future.

Study the past if you would divine the future.

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.

Don't brood on the past, but don't forget it either.

Don't brood on the past, but don't forget it either.

O God! Put back Thy universe and give me yesterday.

O God! Put back Thy universe and give me yesterday.

Enjoy the spring of love and youth,
To some good angel leave the rest,
For time will read more

Enjoy the spring of love and youth,
To some good angel leave the rest,
For time will teach thee soon the truth,
"There are no birds in last year's nest."

To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.

To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.

We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.

We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

The best of prophets of the future is the past.

The best of prophets of the future is the past.