Good deeds will shine as the stars of
heaven.--CHALMERS.
He that does good for good's sake seeks neither praise nor reward,
though sure of both at last.--WILLIAM PENN.
What is good-looking, as Horace Smith remarks, but looking good? Be
good, be womanly, be gentle, generous in your sympathies, heedful of
the well-being of all around you; and, my word for it, you will not
lack kind words of admiration.--WHITTIER.
Some good we all can do; and if we do all that is in our power,
however little that power may be, we have performed our part, and may
be as near perfection as those whose influence extends over kingdoms,
and whose good actions are felt and applauded by thousands.--BOWDLER.
GOVERNMENT.--The administration of government, like a guardianship,
ought to be directed to the good of those who confer and not of those
who receive the trust.--CICERO.
Power exercised with violence has seldom been of long duration, but
temper and moderation generally produce permanence in all things.
--SENECA.
No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected
without being truly respectable.--MADISON.
The best government is not that which renders men the happiest, but
that which renders the greatest number happy.--DUCLOS.
No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet
every one thinks himself sufficiently qualified for the hardest of all
trades,--that of government.--SOCRATES.
In the early ages men ruled by strength; now they rule by brain, and
so long as there is only one man in the world who can think and plan,
he will stand head and shoulders above him who cannot.
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