Foul-cankering rust the hidden treasure frets;
But gold, that's put to use, more gold begets.
—Shakespeare.
Gold is the fool's curtain, which hides all his defects from the world.—Feltham.
O cursed lust of gold! when for thy sake
The fool throws up his interest in both worlds.
—Blair.
How few, like Daniel, have God and gold together!—George Villiers.
Gold adulterates one thing only,—the human heart.—Marguerite de Valois.
Goodness.—A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.—Basil.
It is only great souls that know how much glory there is in being good.—Sophocles.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.—Pope.
Every day should be distinguished by at least one particular act of love.—Lavater.
He that is a good man is three-quarters of his way towards the being a good Christian, wheresoever he lives, or whatsoever he is called.—South.