Pessimist: The optimist who didn't arrive.
My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.
There is nothing to be learned from the second kick of a mule.
Optimist: day dreamer more elegantly spelled.
It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.
Learning softeneth the heart and breedeth gentleness and charity.