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

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

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
Oscar Wilde

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
Oscar Wilde

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.
Thomas Jefferson

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
Confucius

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.
Bob Marley

Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.
Confucius

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.
Benjamin Franklin

If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.
Confucius

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
Confucius

Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.
Oscar Wilde

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.
Oscar Wilde

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.
Oscar Wilde

Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.
Oscar Wilde

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
Oscar Wilde

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people don't talk.
Oscar Wilde

When good Americans die they go to Paris.
Oscar Wilde

The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.
Oscar Wilde

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.
Oscar Wilde