Time owed an alliance to the undying.
Everything is sorrow for the wise.
Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.
We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.
If in doubt, don't. If still in doubt, do what's right.
Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.
The mind cannot foresee its own advance.
Fortune favors the prepared mind.
We see things as we are, not as they are.
The best audience is intelligent, well-educated and a little drunk.
Our settlement of land is without regard to the best use of land.
We are going to have the best educated American people in the world.
Unless you are a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible.
This is our world, and we must make the best of it.
Even between the best of friends, mistakes and misunderstandings can happen.
For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best.
The best way for someone to govern is to set an example.
The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition.
I say I'm the best actor in America who's never done a movie.
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
