Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do so.
BiblicalA jade stone is useless before it is processed; a man is good-for-nothing until he is educated.
ChineseTo use good things to our own ends is always a false religion
Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual GrowthA good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward.
A Clash of KingsBut death was her curse and her gift, and death had been her good friend these long, long years.
Crown of Midnight