There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them.

Josh Billings (1818 CE-1885 CE), Josh Billings was the pen name of 19th-century American humorist Henry Wheeler Shaw (April 21, 1818 – October 14, 1885). He was a famous humor writer and lecturer in the United States during the latter half of the 19th century. He is often compared to Mark Twain.[cit