Every tear is a verse, and every heart is a poem.—Marc André.
Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.—Psalm 30:5.
Temper.—The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.—La Rochefoucauld.
In vain he seeketh others to suppress,
Who hath not learn'd himself first to subdue.
—Spenser.
With "gentleness" in his own character, "comfort" in his house, and "good temper" in his wife, the earthly felicity of man is complete.—From The German.
Nothing leads more directly to the breach of charity, and to the injury and molestation of our fellow-creatures, than the indulgence of an ill temper.—Blair.
Too many have no idea of the subjection of their temper to the influence of religion, and yet what is changed, if the temper is not? If a man is as passionate, malicious, resentful, sullen, moody, or morose after his conversion as before it, what is he converted from or to?—John Angell James.
If we desire to live securely, comfortably, and quietly, that by all honest means we should endeavor to purchase the good will of all men, and provoke no man's enmity needlessly; since any man's love may be useful, and every man's hatred is dangerous.—Isaac Barrow.
A sunny temper gilds the edges of life's blackest cloud.—Guthrie.
Temperance.—Temperance puts wood on the fire, meal in the barrel, flour in the tub, money in the purse, credit in the country, contentment in the house, clothes on the back, and vigor in the body.—Franklin.