The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.
Optimist: day dreamer more elegantly spelled.
Optimist: Person who travels on nothing from nowhere to happiness.
It is a dear and lovely disposition, and a most valuable one, that can brush away indignities and discourtesies and seek and find the pleasanter features of an experience.
That optimist of yours is always ready to turn hell's backyard into a play-ground.
...fry me an optimist for breakfast.
The pulpit and the optimist are always talking about the human race's steady march toward ultimate perfection. As usual, they leave out the statistics. It is the pulpit's way - the optimist's way.
Optimist: day-dreamer in his small clothes.