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

To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.

Living well is the best revenge.

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

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

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

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

I do the very best I know how - the very best I can and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.

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.

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.