Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it’s a mistake to make a habit of it.
for that men have been good does not suffice for them to continue being good, unless one cares about it to the end.
Being a good leader today doesn't mean you'll be a good leader 10 years from now. You have to adapt to the times.
A man cannot be a good physician if he has never been sick himself.
Good qualities never cancel out the bad, just as sugar is no antidote for poison.
If you do good to the Devil, out of gratitude he will deliver you to hell.
All women are good Lutherans -- they would rather preach than hear mass.
A good bell is heard from far, a bad one still further.
He who marries for love has good nights and bad days.
Men never moan over the opportunities lost to do good, only the opportunities to be bad.
One good word puts out the flames better than a bucket of water.
"Your feet are crooked, your hair is good for nothing," said the pig to the horse.
Not only that the rich man is rich, but he has such good checks too.
Cats make one of the most satisfying sounds in the world: they purr. [...] Almost all cats make us feel good about ourselves because they let us know they feel good about us, about themselves, and about our relationship with them. A purring cat is a ...
Grace knocks us flat, preventing any form of self-congratulation. All the good we achieve is to be attributed to God rather than to ourselves. What makes our lives good is not anything we are ourselves but the presence within us of what we are not, a...
Each day when you wake up you have a choice: You can have a good day, or you can have a bad day. So you might as well have a good one.
if you truly want to know why I'm helping you, you won't get any easy answers. It's not because I believe in the goodness of humankind. It's not because I believe God and the rest of the monsters are evil. I only wish to have the capacity to change. ...
When things are good, it is because we remember a time when they were not. When there was pain. But now the pain is gone, so things are ‘good’. When we hurt, it is because we recall a time when we did not. When there was no pain. But now we suffe...
A visitor asked Lincoln what good news he could take home from an audience with the august executive. The president spun a story about a machine that baffled a chess champion by beating him thrice. The stunned champ cried while inspecting the machine...
And so sovereign Providence has often produced a remarkable effect--evil men making other evil men good. For some, when they think they suffer injustice at the hands of the worst of men, burn with hatred for evil men, and being eager to be different ...
Do you really suppose God cares whether a man comes to good or ill?" "If He did not, He could not be good himself..." "...Then He can't be so hard on us as the parsons say, even in the after-life?" "He will give absolute justice, which is the only go...
