He was fash and full of faith that "something would turn up."

He was fash and full of faith that "something would turn up."

Everything comes if a man will only wait.

Everything comes if a man will only wait.

'Tis silence all,
And pleasing expectation.

'Tis silence all,
And pleasing expectation.

It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be
expected to do.

It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be
expected to do.

We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting.

We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting.

What else remains for me?
Youth, hope and love;
To build a new life on a ruined read more

What else remains for me?
Youth, hope and love;
To build a new life on a ruined life.

Anger always comes from frustrated expectations

Anger always comes from frustrated expectations

Promising is the very air o' th' time; it opens the eyes of
expectation. Performance is ever duller for read more

Promising is the very air o' th' time; it opens the eyes of
expectation. Performance is ever duller for his act; and, but in
the plainer and simpler kind of people, the deed of saying is
quite out of use. To promise is most courtly and fashionable;
performance is a kind of will or testament which argues a great
sickness in his judgment that makes it.

High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.

High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.