I have lived a long life and had many troubles, most of which never happened.

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

There were many terrible things in my life and most of them never happened.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

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

When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened

Of all your troubles, great and small, the greatest are the ones that don't happen at all.

For years, I lived a life in which nothing really happened.

Some stories are true that never happened.

The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.

Most things I worry about never happen anyway.

The older I get, the more clearly I remember things that never happened.

How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.

Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.