Anger, The Stoics Said, Was A Short

Whether Your Time Calls You To Live Or Die, Do Both Like A Prince.

The Truly Great And Good, In Affliction, Bear A Countenance More Princely Than They Are Wont; For It Is The Temper Of The Highest Hearts, Like The Palm-tree, To Strive Most Upwards When It Is Most Burdened.

To The Disgrace Of Men It Is Seen That There Are Women Both More Wise To Judge What Evil Is Expected, And More Constant To Bear It When It Happens.

It Is Cruelty In War That Buyeth Conquest.

How Violently Do Rumors Blow The Sails Of Popular Judgments! How Few There Be That Can Discern Between Truth And Truth-likeness, Between Shows And Substance!