A pessimist is one who feels bad when he feels good for fear he'll feel worse when he feels better.

A pessimist is never disappointed.

I'm not afraid of death; but dying scares the hell out of me.

He wastes his time over his writing, trying to accomplish what geniuses and rare men with college educations sometimes accomplish.

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power

The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose