Malice is a greater magnifying-glass than kindness.

Malice is of a low stature, but it hath very long arms

There is a rollicking kindness that looks like malice.

I have endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice, and have received a great deal of kindness not quite free from ridicule.

Anger is seldom without an argument but seldom with a good one.

Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is good company along the way.