Two honest and good-natured anglers have never met each other by the way without crying out, "What luck?"
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If there is anything to one's praise, it is a foolish vanity to be gratified at it; and, if it is abusewhy one is always sure to hear of it from one damned good-natured friend or other!
Richard Brinsley SheridanWe were in some little time fixed in our seats, and sat with that dislike which people not too good-natured usually conceive of each other at first sight.
Gertrude SteinA cheerful temper joined with innocence will make beauty attractive, knowledge delightful and wit good-natured.
joseph addisonA good-natured woman...which is as much as you can expect from a friend's wife, whom you got acquainted with a bachelor.
Charles Lamb“Now it seems that Roger has once more taken up with Miss Roswyn. I can’t say that I approve, but he has not troubled to ask my advice.” She heaved a sigh. “But I am sure that the world will never go precisely to my liking.” “Does it for anyone?” asked Bernard Bickel with good-natured cynicism. “Probably not, and I must reconcile myself to the fact.”
jack vanceJustice is not a prize tendered to the good-natured, nor is it to be withheld from the ill-bred.