Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well and yet words are not deeds.
The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world.
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.
Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives.
It's like gambling somehow. You go out for a night of drinking and you don't know where your going to end up the next day. It could work out good or it could be disastrous. It's like the throw of the dice.
A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.
Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.
A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.