Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Worst

It is best to know the worst at once.Plautus.

Provide for the worst, the best will save itself.

The corruption of the best produces the worst.Latin.

The worst is always the present.La Fontaine.

When things are at the worst they sometimes mend.Byron.

When things come to the worst they’ll mend.

Who is it can say, “I am at the worst.”Shakespeare.