“To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.”

“Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.”

“He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles.”

“Education alone can conduct us to that enjoyment which is, at once, best in quality and infinite in quantity.”

“Nobody until very recently would have thought that their husband was supposed to be their best friend, confidante, intellectual soul mate, co-parent, inspiration.”

“If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.”

“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.”

“Economy is the basis of society. When the economy is stable, society develops. The ideal economy combines the spiritual and the material, and the best commodities to trade in are sincerity and love.”

“I will give you the best I have.”

“Your best friend and worst enemy are both in this room right now. It's not your neighbor right or left - and it's not God or the devil - it's you.”

“Party-spirit at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.”

“Woman's at best a contradiction still.”

“I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the mast and on the deck of the world, for there I could best see the moonlight amid the mountains. I do not wish to go below now.”

“The best writing is not about the writer, the best writing is absolutely not about the writer, it's about us, it's about the reader.”

“Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves many things, but above all, the power of going out of one's self, and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another.”

“It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.”

“I feel sorry for people who don't drink. They wake up in the morning and that's the best they're going to feel all day.”

“America is the best half-educated country in the world.”

“The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.”

“Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.”

“The prizes go to those who meet emergencies successfully. And the way to meet emergencies is to do each daily task the best we can.”