Gold is Caesar’s treasure, man is God’s; thy gold hath Caesar’s image, and thou hast God’s; give, therefore, those things unto Caesar which are Caesar’s, and unto God which are God’s.—­Quarles.

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.

A good man is kinder to his enemy than bad men are to their friends.  —­Bishop Hall.

Live for something.  Do good, and leave behind you a monument of virtue that the storm of time can never destroy.  Write your name in kindness, love, and mercy, on the hearts of thousands you come in contact with year by year; you will never be forgotten.  No, your name, your deeds, will be as legible on the hearts you leave behind as the stars on the brow of evening.  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.