“Good temper is an estate for life…”

“172. A good Reputation is a fair Estate.”

“Enough of good there is in the lowest estate to sweeten life; enough of evil in the highest to check presumption; enough there is of both in all estates, to bind us in compassionate brotherhood, to teach us impressively that we are of one dying and one immortal family.”

“Good temper is one of the great preservers of the features.”

“When you see anyone complaining
of such and such a person's ill-nature and bad temper,
know that the complainant is bad-tempered,
forasmuch as he speaks ill of that bad-tempered person,
because he alone is good-tempered who is quietly forbearing
towards the bad-tempered and ill-natured.”

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

“Betsy, like all good women, had a temper of her own.”

“Order thyself so, that thy Soul may always be in good estate; whatsoever become of thy body.”

“Literature, at least good literature, is science tempered with the blood of art. Like architecture or music.”

“There are three things that signify the magnanimity of a person: good temper, patience, and to avoid aggressive gaze.”