To whom you betray your secret you sell your liberty.—Franklin.
He who trusts a secret to his servant makes his own man his master.—Dryden.
Self-Control.—He that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city.—Proverbs 16:32.
What is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.—Goethe.
He who reigns within himself, and rules passions, desires, and fears, is more than a king.—Milton.
Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.—Thomson.
He is a fool who cannot be angry: but he is a wise man who will not.—English Proverb.
Self-Denial.—Self-denial is the quality of which Jesus Christ set us the example.—Ary Scheffer.
Only the soul that with an overwhelming impulse and a perfect trust gives itself up forever to the life of other men, finds the delight and peace which such complete self-surrender has to give.—Phillips Brooks.
Self-denial is a virtue of the highest quality, and he who has it not, and does not strive to acquire it, will never excel in anything.—Conybeare.