“I've experienced a great deal of pain and suffering in my life ...... most of which has never happened.”

“I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.”

“I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.”

“I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them have never happened.”

“There has been much tragedy in my life; at least half of it actually happened.”

“I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.”

“I have been on the verge of being an angel all my life, but it's never happened yet.”