1850  We are in the habit of exaggerating or imagining or anticipating sorrow. We are torn by things present or about things yet to come. Consider whether your proofs of future troubles are sure. For it is more often the case that we are troubled by our apprehensions.
1980  There are more things..likely to frighten us, than to crush us.We suffer more in the imagination than in reality.
2322  The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.
2326  “I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
2483  “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one.”