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

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

Whether it's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.

The best road to progress is freedom's road.

A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.

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

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.