“The best is the enemy of good.”

“Perfect is the enemy of good.”

“The perfect is the enemy of the good.”

“Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien. (The perfect is the enemy of the good.)”

“Now, now my good man, this is no time to be making enemies."(Voltaire on his deathbed in response to a priest asking him that he renounce Satan.)”

“What can be feared when one is doing one's duty? I know the rage of my enemies. I know all their slanders; but when one only tries to do good to men and when one does not offend heaven, one can fear nothing, neither during life nor after death.”

“All is for the best in the best of possible worlds.”