~ Anger, which, far sweeter than trickling drops of honey, rises in the bosom of a man like smoke. ~
~ Anger is a noble infirmity; the generous failing of the just; the one degree that riseth above zeal, asserting the prerogative of virtue. ~
~ Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed. ~
~ Anger and humor are like the left and right arm. They complement each other. Anger empowers the poor to declare their uncompromising opposition to oppression, and humor prevents them from being consumed by their fury. ~
~ Anger makes us strong, Blind and impatient, And it leads us wrong; The strength is quickly lost; We feel the error long. ~
~ Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of a certain income can indulge. ~
~ Anger, even when it punishes the faults of delinquents, ought not to precede reason as its mistress, but attend as a handmaid at the back of reason, to come to the front when bidden. For once it begins to take control of the mind, it calls just, what it does cruelly. ~
~ Anger should never be an overnight guest. ~
~ Anybody can become angry - that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy. ~
~ Beware the fury of a patient man. ~
~ To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is still better. ~
~ Anger blows out the lamp of the mind ~