“Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful and the good, and dwell as little as possible on the evil and the false.”

“A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.”

“Music is the best means we have of digesting time.”

“Voting is a right best exercised by people who have taken time to learn about the issues.”

“The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought.”

“I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough to make a bad man show him at his best, or even a good man swings his lantern higher.”

“I did the best I could, and in some arenas, my best was not good enough. I've made some bad choices.”

“Those who know the least obey the best.”

“Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants.”