“The best-humour'd man, with the worst-humour'd Muse.”

“For pointed satire I would Buckhurst choose,
The best good man with the worst-natured muse.”

“Evolution does not lead to Utopia. It leads to a land in which what is best for a man may be worst for another man, or what is best for a woman may be worst for a man.”

“Man needs what's worst in him in order to achieve what's best in him.”

“Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all.”

“Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst,
Where there aren't no Ten Commandments, an' a man can raise a thirst.”

“He is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of no virtue or ability is his own worst enemy and is afraid of solitude.”

“No, trust the Muse: she opes the good man's grave,
And lifts him to the gods.”

“294. A man's discontent is his worst evill.”

“Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.”