| When one has too great a dread of what is impending, one feels some relief when the trouble has come. |
| If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you. |
| Try not to worry, as it's sticky and hard to scrub off. |
| My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened. |
| I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened. |
| Some patients I see are actually draining into their bodies the diseased thoughts of their minds. |
| Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little that unhinges it, poor creatures that we are! |
| It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down. |
| Loneliness, insomnia, and change: the fear of these is even worse than the reality. |
| Worry is a complete cycle of inefficient thought revolving about a pivot of fear. |