What is the saying about good things?

THE BEST OF SOME THINGS

The noblest man

In God's great plan

Is he who will persevere,

Through boundless love,

Like that above,

In deeds that live forever.

The grandest birth

Upon the earth

Is not of rank―or fashion,

But one who shows

At others' woes

His love and great compassion.

The greatest wealth,

Debarring health,

Which mortals can inherit,

Produces deeds

Surpassing creeds in grand and peerless merit.

The grandest rule

To learn in school is every man's a brother,

And always true

To never do Injustice to another.

The truest strife

To have in life

Is found in noble doing,

Surpassing men

In action when

The earth with love they're strewing.

The Godlike church

Will ever search

For ways to save a brother,

And prove its creed

In time of need

By aiding one another.

The noblest soul

Will find its goal

In love and deeds fraternal,

And when at last

The earth is past,

Will go to life eternal.

W. H. Smith, The Frailties of Humanity, and Other Poems, 1894, Irving Company Publishers, New York, The Best of Some Things, 103-107

Frissell, Toni, photographer. Toni Frissell photograph collection., 1930 to 1969. Photograph. https://lccn.loc.gov/2009632520.