hope, n.Definitions

Hope is a cognitive counterpart of planning.

Hope is a cheap and universal cure for all ills that one endures.

Hope is a buoy, but like any other buoy, it only floats... it can't be steered.

Hope is a confusion of the desire that something should occur with the probability that it will occur.

Hope is a form of self-reliance, and one must become a hope unto oneself.

Hope is a contraband passed from hand to hand and story to story.

Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites... for she frequents the poor man's hut, as well as the palace of his superior.

Hope is a compensation for the realities of life, most enjoyed by those who have the least to lose, since they are generally rendered much happier by expectation than they would be by possession.