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

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

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

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

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

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

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

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

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

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