Quotes on Good Nature

It is undoubtedly true that some people mistake sycophancy for good nature, but it is equally true that many more mistake impertinence for sincerity.

The private citizen, beset by partisan appeals for the loan of his Public Opinion, will soon see, perhaps, that these appeals are not a compliment to his intelligence, but an imposition on his good nature and an insult to his sense of evidence.

Take heed of the Vinegar of sweet Wine, and the Anger of Good-nature.

Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit and gives a certain air to the countenance which is more amiable than beauty.

Kindness and good nature unite men more effectually and with greater strength than any agreements whatsoever, since thereby the engagements of men's hearts become stronger than the bond and obligation of words.

Good nature will always supply the absence of beauty; but beauty cannot supply the absence of good nature.

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.

And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.

I have written it before and am not ashamed to write it again. Without Wodehouse I am not sure that I would be a tenth of what I am today -- whatever that may be. In my teenage years, his writings awoke me to the possibilities of language. His rhythms, tropes, tricks and mannerisms are deep within me. But more than that, he taught me something about good nature. It is enough to be benign, to be gentle, to be funny, to be kind.

Man selects only for his own good: Nature only for that of the being which she tends.

Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature.

The passions seldom give good advice but to the interested and mercenary. Resentment generally suggests bad measures. Second thoughts and good nature will rarely, very rarely, approve the first hints of anger.

Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others.

There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages.

Honesty, disinterestedness and good nature are indispensable to procure the esteem and confidence of those with whom we live, and on whose esteem our happiness depends.

Good nature is the cheapest commodity in the world, and love is the only thing that will pay ten percent to both borrower and lender.

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.

A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.

Humor is the good natured side of a truth.