“An optimist is a man who plant two acorns and buy a hammock.”
“A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is a man who hopes they are.”
“... that when you're buying books, you're optimistically thinking you're buying the time to read them.(Paraphrase of Schopenhauer)”
“An optimist is a man who has never had much experience.”
“War and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy.”
“Un optimiste, c'est un homme qui plante deux glands et qui s'achète un hamac.”