“ Virtues are formed by prayer.Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy.Prayer draws into the soul the Holy Spirit, and raises man to Heaven. St. Ephrem of Syria
“ The first draught serveth for health, the second for pleasure, the third for shame, and the fourth for madness. Anacharsis
“ Of course I contradict myself. Why else would I hold things in and put the fire out? Jennifer Tindugan-Adoviso
“ Every moderate drinker could abandon the intoxicating cup if he would every inebriate would if he could. J. B. Gough
“ I love you, she sobbed, rubbing her hands over his face, his hair, his chest, making sure he was solid and real. I love you, and I thought you were dead. I couldn't bear it. I thought I would die too.… Elizabeth Hoyt
“ Thus Epicurus also, when he designs to destroy the natural fellowship of mankind, at the same time makes use of that which he destroys.For what does he say? ‘Be not deceived, men, nor be led astray, n… Epictetus
“ Quite possibly one of the most revealing passages about Shakespeare as a man comes from one of the roughest of the jottings made by gossip John Aubrey from his interview with William Beeston, son of t… Ian Wilson
“ As a general rule, it is highly desirable that ladies should keep their temper: a woman when she storms always makes herself ugly, and usually ridiculous also. There is nothing so odious to man as a v… Anthony Trollope
“ With Truth, Reason, and Morality off the board, we then capture their last Rook —that prissy little virtue, Temperance— for she depends on those other three for her beauty and was thus left wholly und… Geoffrey Wood
“ The moral, I suppose, would be that the first requirements for a heroic career are the knightly virtues of loyalty, temperance, and courage. The loyalty in this case is of two degrees or commitments:… Joseph Campbell
“ I have heard that, with some persons, temperance – that is, moderation – is almost impossible; and if abstinence be an evil (which some have doubted), no one will deny that excess is a greater. Some p… Anne Bronte
“ Reflect that nothing merits admiration except thespirit, the impressiveness of which prevents it from being impressed by anything. Seneca
