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

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

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

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

“When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened. It is sad to go to pieces like this but we all have to do it.”