“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.”

“The best good man, with the worst natur'd muse.”

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

“For every man in the world functions to the best of his ability, and no one does less than his best, no matter what he may think about it.”

“What the United States does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is understand others.”

“The fate of the country does not depend on how you vote at the polls — the worst man is as strong as the best at that game; it does not depend on what kind of paper you drop into the ballot-box once a year, but on what kind of man you drop from your chamber into the street every morning.”

“If a man does his best, what else is there?”

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

“The one man you most want to sleep with may be the worst choice of all.”

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