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I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.

A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.

This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver.

Most of us are just about as happy as we make up our minds to be.

To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.

Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.