An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.

Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.

Hunger is the best pickle.

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.

It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree.

A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults.

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.

Fatigue is the best pillow.

That government is best which governs least.