Who, in the midst of just provocation to anger, instantly finds the fit word which settles all around him in silence, is more than wise or just; he is, were he a beggar, of more than royal blood—he is of celestial descent. Lavater.
Who in want a hollow friend doth try, / 35 Directly seasons him his enemy. Ham., iii. 2.
Who is a stranger to those who have the habit of speaking kindly. Hitopadesa.
Who is sure he hath a soul, unless / It see and judge, and follow worthiness, / And by deeds praise it? He who doth not this / May lodge an inmate soul, but 'tis not his. Donne.
Who is sure of his own motives can with confidence advance or retreat. Goethe.
Who is the best captain of a ship? The grumbler and the man of discipline, who will have things as they ought to be, even though he lose every sailor serving under him by his severity. John Wagstaffe.
Who is the best general? The grumbler who 40 insists upon having everything in mathematical order, and who has not the smallest drop of the milk of human kindness about him, whenever it is a question of duty or efficiency. John Wagstaffe.
Who is the happiest man? He who is alive to the merit of others, and can rejoice in their enjoyment as if it were his own. Goethe.
Who is the most sensible man? He who finds what is to his own advantage in all that happens to him. Goethe.
Who is there almost, whose mind at some time or other, love or anger, fear or grief, has not so fastened to some clog that it could not turn itself to any other object? Locke.