See the tide working upward to his eye,
And stealing from him in large silent drops,
Without his leave.
--_Young._
1895
Control your temper, for if it does not obey you, it will govern you.
--_Horace._
1896
Good temper is like a sunny day.
--_French._
1897
If you have a good temper, keep it; if you have a bad one, don't lose
it.
1898
When you're in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when
you're in the wrong you can't afford to lose it.
1899
Some temptations come to the industrious, but all temptations attack the
idle.
--_Spurgeon._
1900
Toil is a foil against temptation.
1901