Malice will always find bad motives for good actions. – Shall we therefore never do good? — Thomas Jefferson
Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Emulation admires and strives to imitate great actions; envy is only moved to malice. — Honoré de Balzac
Anger is blood, poured and perplexed into froth; but malice is the wisdom of our wrath. — William Davenant