g series of ancestors shows the native lustre with advantage; but
if he any way degenerate from his line, the least spot is visible on
ermine.--_Dryden._

The happiest lot for a man, as far as birth is concerned, is that it
should be such as to give him but little occasion to think much about
it.--_Whately._

~Ancients.~--In tragedy and satire I maintain, against some critics, that
this age and the last have excelled the ancients; and I would instance
in Shakespeare of the former, in Dorset of the latter.--_Dryden._

Though the knowledge they have left us be worth our study, yet they
exhausted not all its treasures; they left a great deal for the industry
and sagacity of after-ages.--_Locke._

~Angels.~--In old days there were angels who came and took men by the hand
and led them away from the city of destruction. We see no white-winged
angels now. But yet men are led away from threatening destruction: a
hand is put in theirs, which leads them forth gently towards a calm and
bright land, so that they look no more backward; and the hand may be a
little child's.--_George Eliot._

Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth unseen, both when we wake
and when we sleep.--_Milton._

~Anger.~--If a man meets with injustice, it is not required that he shall
not be roused to meet it; but if he is angry after he has had time to
think upon it, that is sinful. The flame is not wrong, but the coals
are.--_Beecher._

Temperate anger well becomes the wise.--_Philemon._

When anger rushes, unrestrained, to action, like a hot steed, it
stumbles in its way.--_Savage._

Bad temper is its own scourge. Few things are bitterer than to feel
bitter. A man's venom poisons himself more than his victim.--_Charles
Buxton._

Above all, gentlemen, no heat.--_Talleyrand._

Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed
often hardens into revenge.--_Bulwer-Lytton._

Keep cool and you command everybody.--_St. Just._

I never work better than when I am inspired by anger; when I am angry I
can write, pray, and preach well; for then my whole temperament is
quickened, my understanding sharpened, and all mundane vexations and
temptations depart.--_Luther._

When one is in a good sound rage, it is astonishing how calm one can
be.--_Bulwer-Lytton._

~Angling.~--I give up fly-fishing; it is a light, volatile, dissipated
pursuit. But ground-bait with a good steady float that never bobs
without a bite is an occupation