In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

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

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

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

The short words are best, and the old words are the best of all.

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

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.

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

Clever men are good, but they are not the best.

It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.