There must be some good in the life of battle, for so many good men have enjoyed being soldiers.
Dorothy said nothing. Oz had not kept the promise he made her, but he had done his best. So she forgave him. As he said, he was a good man, even if he was a bad Wizard.
There are people who say that "Gül can't be my president". These people don't have good manners for and they should renounce their Turkish citizenship foremost this man will be chosen democratically by the people.
Leadership consists of picking good men and helping them do their best.
When two good men contend about principles, both are always right.
Many evil men are rich, and good men poor, but we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches.
When will conventional good manners become attractive? When will ladies of fashion exhibit their shoulders a little less and their affability and wit a little more?
The first step to be a good man is this: You must deeply feel the burden of the stones someone else carrying.
The desire to know is natural to good men.
Let come what comes, and accommodate yourself to that, whatever it is. If good mental images arise, that is fine. If bad mental images arise, that is fine, too. Look on all of it as equal, and make yourself comfortable with whatever happens.
I remember reading once that some fellows use language to conceal thought; but it's been my experience that a good many more use it instead of thought.
If you are afraid of the sunlight, you ain't a good man!
The gods should certainly be revered, but kept at a distance. . . . The way is not beyond man; he who creates a way outside of man cannot make it a true way. A good man is content with changing man, and that is enough for him.
The esteem of good men is the reward of our worth, but the reputation of the world in general is the gift of our fate.
The applause of all but very good men is no more than the precise measure of their possible hostility.
The good man is he for whom, because he is virtuous, the things that are absolutely good are good; it is also plain that his use of these goods must be virtuous and in the absolute sense good.
A good many men and women want to get possession of secrets just as spendthrifts want to get money-for circulation.
If you can feel like a good man in your 40s, you can feel like a better man in your 50s, a Superman in your 60s, and maybe a Spider-Man in your 70s.
I affirm that gain is precisely that which comes oftener to the bad man than to the good; for illegitimate gains never come to the good at all, because they reject them. And lawful gains rarely come to the good, because, since much anxious care is needful thereto, and the anxious care of the good man is directed to weightier matters, rarely does the good man give sufficient attention thereto. Wherefore it is clear that in every way the advent of these riches is iniquitous.
He is a good man, who can receive a gift well. We are either glad or sorry at a gift, and both emotions are unbecoming.