| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Good Man |
| | | A good man is better than anything else. Sri Lankan. | 1 |
| A good man is no more to be feared than a sheep. | 2 |
| A good man should rather his virtuous actions went unrewarded than his bad ones unpunished. | 3 |
| A good man will as soon run into a fire as a quarrel. | 4 |
| A good man will requite a gift, an ill man will ask for more. | 5 |
| A good man will take care of his horses and dogs, not only while they are young, but when old and past service. Plutarch. | 6 |
| A good man’s pedigree is little hunted up. Spanish. | 7 |
| Examine not the pedigree, nor the patrimony of a good man. | 8 |
| Good men are a public good. | 9 |
| Good men but see death, the wicked taste it. Ben Jonson. | 10 |
| Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. | 11 |
| Good men want the laws only for their defence. | 12 |
| He’s a good man, whom fortune makes better. | 13 |
| It is a sign of a good man, if he grow better by commendation. | 14 |
| It is the property of a good man to do great and good things, though he risk everything by it. Metillus. | 15 |
| Make much of one, good men are scarce. | 16 |
The good are better made by ill,
As odors crushed, are sweeter still. S. Rogers. | 17 |
| The good man is always rich. Maxim of the Stoics. | 18 |
| The good man is the last who knows what is amiss at home. | 19 |
| The good man will avoid the spot of any sin. Ben Jonson. | 20 | | |
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