When did the future switch from being a promise to a threat?

I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.

The coward wretch whose hand and heart Can bear to torture aught below, Is ever first to quail and start From the slightest pain or equal foe.

We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.