He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.

The best things in life are unexpected - because there were no expectations.

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.

To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst expect the best and take what comes.

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.