temper

He owned and operated a ferocious temper.

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation is principle is always a vice.

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent, experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it, if it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

I have often urged my young friends, when faced with an adversary, to "play polo" with him; i.e., not to go at him bald-headed but to ride side by side with him and gradually edge him off your track. Never lose your temper with him. If you are in the right there is no need to, if you are in the wrong you can't afford to.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness - an open and noble temper.

My good hoe as it bites the ground revenges my wrongs, and I have less lust to bite my enemies. In the smoothing the rough hillocks, I smooth my temper.

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it remains.

Of cheerfulness, or a good temper - the more it is spent, the more of it remains.