The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise.
Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old lovers are the worst.
If you plan for the worst, all surprises are pleasant.
You can’t know what the worst is until you have seen the worst.
The worst of us is not without innocence, although buried deeply it might be.
The worst is not so long as we can say ‘This is the worst.’
Let the worst come to the worst.[translation by John Willis Clark]
It was better to know the worst than to wonder.
It could be worse. It could be me.
Humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them.
Each year one vicious habit rooted out, In time might make the worst Man good throughout.
Child, it’s a very bad thing for a woman to face the worst that can happen to her, because after she’s faced the worst she can’t ever really fear anything again.