“A joke is a good camouflage. Next best comes sentiment… But the best camouflage of all - in my opinion - is the plain and simple truth. Because nobody ever believes it.”

“the best part was
pulling down the
shades
stuffing the doorbell
with rags
putting the phone
in the
refrigerator
and going to bed
for 3 or 4
days.
and the next best
part
was
nobody ever
missed
me.”

“Truth is best (of all that is) good. As desired, what is being desired is truth for him who (represents) the best truth.”

“Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.”

“People are good or half good or a quarter good, and it changes all the time - but even on the best day nobody's perfect.”

“The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.”

“I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.”

“Your hearts make all plain in the best wise they would
And the world ye thought waning is glorious and good…”

“Truth is not spoken in anger. Truth is spoken, if it ever comes to be spoken, in love. The gaze of love is not deluded. It sees what is best in the beloved even when what is best in the beloved finds it hard to emerge into the light.”

“American traditions and the American ethic require us to be truthful, but the most important reason is that truth is the best propaganda and lies are the worst. To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful. It is as simple as that.”