Two of my favorite quotes about being 'nice' come from the musical, Into The Woods. The first is Red Riding Hood's quip, "Nice is is different than good", whic

Two of my favorite quotes about being 'nice' come from the musical, Into The Woods. The first is Red Riding Hood's quip, "Nice is is different than good", which is then fleshed out later by the witch: "You're so nice. You're not good, you're not bad, you're just nice. I'm not good, I'm not nice, I'm just right." I think "kind" and "good" are reasonable synonyms here, and Boz and Sondheim express very similar sentiments.