If you plan for the worst, all surprises are pleasant.
Ye have a moment of surprise, lass. Use it!
The world is made up of four elements: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. This is a fact well known even to Corporal Nobbs. It’s also wrong. There’s a fifth element, and generally it’s called Surprise.
The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.[Mari qui veut surprendre est souvent fort surpris.]
Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.
Always plan for the worst, child; that way, all your surprises will be pleasant ones.
A thing long expected takes the shape of the unexpected when at last it comes.
A person doesn’t get enough good surprises in life.
