Mark Twain spend some years in California during the gold rush. Upon arrival he was sure that he was going to strike it rich. After several weeks he was walking around a mine and found a large gold rock. He felt for sure that he had struck it rich. The other miners were hardened men and they had long given up on the naïve dream of getting rich quick. Twain could not wait to show them what he found.

Aristotle on Hope: