A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. Bible, Proverbs (ch. XXII, v. 1)
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches. Bible
A good name is sooner lost than won.
A good name is the best of all treasures.
A good name keeps its lustre in the dark.
A good name will wear out; a bad one may be turned; a nickname lasts forever. Zimmermann
A good neighbour, a good morning (o. morrow).
A good new year, and a merry Handsel year.
A good nut year, a good corn year.
A good occasion for courtship is, when the widow returns from the funeral.
A good old man, sir. He will be talking; as they say, When the age is in, the wit is out. Shakespeare
A good painter can draw a devil as well as an angel.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances. George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum
A good paymaster may build St. Paul's.
A good paymaster never wants workmen.
A good paymaster starts not at assurantes.
A good pinch and a rap with a stick is a clown's compliment.
A good prayer is master of anothers purse. George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum
A good presence is a letter of recommendation.
A good present need not knock long for admittance.
A good prince does not cut out freedom's tongue.
A good principle not rightly understood may prove as hurtful as a bad. Milton
A good proverb does not strike one in the brow, but full in the eye.
A good reader is nearly as rare as a good writer. People bring their prejudices, whether friendly or adverse. They are lamp and spectacles, lighting and magnifying the page. Willmott
A good recorder sets all in order.
A good reputation is a fair estate.
A good reputation is more valuable than money.
A good resolve will make any port. Horace
A good road and a wise traveller are two different things.
A good salad may be a prologue to a bad supper.
A good saver fares better than a good gainer.
A good saver is a good server.
A good saying often runs the risk of being thrown away when quoted as the speaker's own. La Bruyère
A good schoolmaster minces his precepts for children to swallow, hanging clogs on the nimbleness of his own soul, that his scholars may go along with him. Thomas Fuller
A good seaman is known in bad weather.
A good servant must have good wages.
A good servant should have good wages.
A good shape is in the shear's (clippers) mouth.
A good shift may serve long, but it cannot serve for ever.
A good shift may serve long, but it will not serve ever.
A good simile is the sunshine of wisdom. Hosea Ballou
A good simile, - as concise as a king's declaration of love. Sterne
A good son makes a good husband.
A good start is half the battle.
A good stomach is the best sauce.
A good style fits like a good costume. Alcott
A good surgeon has an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand.
A good surgeon must have an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand.