Would that well-thinking people should be replaced by thinking ones.
I am sure of nothing so little as my own intentions.
Moral of the Work. In war: resolution. In defeat: defiance. In victory: magnanimity. In peace: goodwill.
His designs were strictly honorable, as the phrase is; that is, to rob a lady of her fortune by way of marriage.
The greatest events occur without intention playing any part in them; chance makes good mistakes and undoes the most carefully planned undertaking. The world's greatest events are not produced, they happen.
What is the quality of your intent?
Hell is paved with good intentions, not with bad ones. All men mean well.
No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he only had good intentions. He had money as well.