To do good and be evil spoken of, is kingly.
[Lat., Bene facere et male audire regium est.]

To do good and be evil spoken of, is kingly.
[Lat., Bene facere et male audire regium est.]

Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good.

Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good.

Now, at a certain time, in pleasant mood,
He tried the luxury of doing good.

Now, at a certain time, in pleasant mood,
He tried the luxury of doing good.

As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an
evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable read more

As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an
evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil
that they set out to destroy.

What good I see humbly I seek to do,
And live obedient to the law, in trust
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What good I see humbly I seek to do,
And live obedient to the law, in trust
That what will come, and must come, shall come well.

What's the good of it? for whose advantage?
[Lat., Cui bono?]

What's the good of it? for whose advantage?
[Lat., Cui bono?]

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Be good and you will be lonesome

Be good and you will be lonesome

There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would read more

There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.