The best company must part, as King Dagobert said to his hounds, [26]

The best driver will sometimes upset, [25]

The best feed of a horse is his master’s eye, [218], [303]

The best friends are in one’s purse, [140]

The best goods are the cheapest, [321]

The best horse stumbles sometimes, [321] (See Even a horse)

The best is the cheapest, [102], [137]

The best is what one has in his hand, [137]

The best manure is under the farmer’s shoe, [357]