The elephant is never won by anger; nor must that man who would reclaim a lion take him by the teeth.
There is a proud modesty in merit.
He was exhaled; his great Creator drew His spirit, as the sun the morning dew.
We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at leisure.
Virtue is her own reward.
So over violent, or over civil that every man with him was God or Devil.