Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.

To adorn our characters by the charm of an amiable nature shows at once a lover of beauty and a lover of man.

Once you know who you are and to whom you are linked, you will know what to do

So you wish to conquer in the Olympic Games, my friend? And I, too... But first mark the conditions and the consequences. You will have to put yourself under discipline; to eat by rule, to avoid cakes and sweetmeats; to take exercise at the appointed hour whether you like it or not, in cold and heat; to abstain from cold drinks and wine at your will. Then, in the conflict itself you are likely enough to dislocate your wrist or twist your ankle, to swallow a great deal of dust, to be severely thrashed, and after all of these things, to be defeated.

You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

Even as the Sun doth not wait for prayers and incantations to rise, but shines forth and is welcomed by all: so thou also wait not for clapping of hands and shouts and praise to do thy duty; nay, do good of thine own accord, and thou wilt be loved like the Sun.