“If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.”
“If you expect the worst from a person you can never be disappointed.”
“If you expect nothing, you aren't disappointed when you get nothing”
“If you expect the worst, you'll never be disappointed.”
“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”
“...“Oh, Marilla, looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them,” exclaimed Anne. “You mayn’t get the things themselves; but nothing can prevent you from having the fun of looking forward to them. Mrs. Lynde says, ‘Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed.’ But I think it would be worse to expect nothing than to be disappointed.”...”