Good government is good politics.
Good evening and good night.
A whistling girl and a crowing hen never came to a good end.
Greater qualities are needed to baer good fortune than bad.
In bad luck, hold out; in good luck, hold in.
A book is a good friend when it lays bare the errors of the past.
Learn good manners from those who don't have them.
A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book.
Good luck comes in slender currents, misfortune in a rolling tide.
You can give a piece of advice, but not good luck along with that.
Hell is paved with good intentions, roofed in with lost opportunities.
Don't praise my good fortune before I'm dead and buried.
Good news always comes from far away.
Parents can give their children everything except good luck.
One ounce of good luck is better than a ton of brains.
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