An optimist is someone who figures that if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's the bluebird of happiness.
I've been looking over the list of spring chores I made up last fall, and darned if they aren't fall chores, after all.
Be happy, and a reason will come along.
I cultivate my garden, and my garden cultivates me.
Where you find quality, you will find a craftsman, not a quality-control expert.
It's still possible to be a cockeyed optimist these days - you just have to be a little more cockeyed.