“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.”