Expectation-Inexpectation

Oft expectation fails and most oft there where most it promises, and oft it hits, where hope is coldest and despair most fits. (Shakespeare)

The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it. (Publilius Syrus)

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, and the overtaking and possessing of a wish, discovers the folly of the chase. (William Congreve)

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. (Pope)

For people who live on expectations, to face up to their realisation is something of an ordeal. (Elizabeth Bowen)

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand. (George Eliot)