Upon the principles of reason, the good of many is preferable to the good of a few or of one; a lasting good is to be preferred before a temporary, the public before the private.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.
In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.
The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.
Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.
In my own life, I'm pretty good at choosing between good and bad. It's the choices between good and good I find the most difficult to make.
Good is often the enemy of best.
Many good qualities are not sufficient to balance a single want - the want of money.
The propensity to do good things is a choice.
The value of friends has always been a natural thing. I prefer too many to too few.
To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.