“Other vices can be concealed and cherished in secret; anger shows itself openly and appears in the countenance, and the greater it is, the more plainly it boils forth.”

“Mankind is born for mutual assistance, anger for mutual ruin: the former loves society, the latter estrangement.”

“There are certain things whose beginnings lie in our own power, but which, when developed, drag us along by their own force and leave us no retreat.”