Enthusiasm is the best protection in any situation. Wholeheartedness is contagious. Give yourself, if you wish to get others.

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

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.

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

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

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

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

It's a funny thing about life if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

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