Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.
Mark Twain

Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
Mark Twain

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
Mark Twain

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
Mark Twain

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
Mark Twain

What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before.
Mark Twain

To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.
Mark Twain

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
Mark Twain

Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks.
Mark Twain

Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, "Too much of a good thing can be wonderful".
Warren Buffett

Whatever you are, be a good one.
Abraham Lincoln

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
Abraham Lincoln

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
Abraham Lincoln

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.
Abraham Lincoln

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
Abraham Lincoln

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Winston Churchill

There is no such thing as a good tax.
Winston Churchill

Great and good are seldom the same man.
Winston Churchill

For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.
Winston Churchill

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.
Winston Churchill