It is hard for the good to suspect evil as it is hard for the bad to suspect good.

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

Every evil in the bud is easily crushed; as it grows older, it becomes stronger. [Lat., Omne malum nascens facile opprimitur; inveteratum fit pleurumque robustius.]

Of evils one should choose the least. [Lat., Ex malis eligere minima oportere.]

They do more harm by their evil example than by their actual sin.

One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.