The good are better made by ill, / As odours crushed are sweeter still. Rogers.
The good die first, / And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust / Burn to the socket. Wordsworth.
The good-for-nothing is he who cannot command and cannot even obey. Goethe.
The good is always beautiful, the beautiful is good. Whittier.
The good mother saith not, "Will you?" but 40 gives. Pr.
The good nature of the dog is not discouraged, although it often brings upon him only rebuffs; the abusive treatment of man never offends him, because he loves man. Renan.
The good need little water, but the base / Free from their guilt not ocean's self can lave. Pythian oracle.
The good of other times let others state; / I think it lucky I was born so late. Sydney Smith.
The good old rule / Sufficeth them, the simple plan, / That they should take who have the power, / And they should keep who can. Wordsworth.
The good that passes by without returning, 45 leaves behind it an impression that may be compared to a void, and is felt like a want. Goethe.