“Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice”
Thomas Paine
“Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices”
Benjamin Franklin
“Virtue practiced to be seen is not real virtue; vice which fears to be seen is real vice”
Chinese Proverbs
“Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance”
Mark Twain
“There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly.”
Antisthenes
“Beer, if drank with moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit, and promotes health.”
Thomas Jefferson
“Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.”
Charles Dickens