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

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

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

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

Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world.

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

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

To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next 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 cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.