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

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.

He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.

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

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

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

I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help - and God's.

To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on.

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