Nothing good ever comes of violence. – Martin Luther
The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water. – John W. Gardner
If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. – Jesus Christ
Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate. – Robert Louis Stevenson
Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life. – Robert Louis Stevenson
The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year. – Voltaire
Setting a good example is a far better way to spread ideals than through force of arms. – Ron Paul
All styles are good except the tiresome kind. – Voltaire
Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil. – Marcus Aurelius
He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good. – Rabindranath Tagore
That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees. – Marcus Aurelius
A good listener is usually thinking about something else. – Kin Hubbard
All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife. – Daniel Boone
When you are older you will understand how precious little things, seemingly of no value in themselves, can be loved and prized above all price when they convey the love and thoughtfulness of a good heart. – Edwin Booth
In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others. – Voltaire
When bad men combine, the good must associate else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. – Edmund Burke
Make friends with the angels, who though invisible are always with you. Often invoke them, constantly praise them, and make good use of their help and assistance in all your temporal and spiritual affairs. – Saint Francis de Sales
Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses at home. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation that is what I call good company. – Jane Austen
