Temper is a funny thing; it spoils children, ruins adults, and strengthens steel

Temper is a funny thing; it spoils children, ruins adults, and strengthens steel

Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.

Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.

While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to read more

While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to behave as though he were sure of it. If at the end your cheerfulness in not justified, at any rate you will have been cheerful.

Cheerfulness is health; its opposite, melancholy, is disease

Cheerfulness is health; its opposite, melancholy, is disease

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.

It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be detrimental to keep it

It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be detrimental to keep it

Cheerful at morn he wakes from short repose,
Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes.

Cheerful at morn he wakes from short repose,
Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes.

Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.

Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates read more

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.