He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.

Quote by Philip Massinger

Topics: Self Restraint Quotes

Let us love temperately, things violent last not.

Let us love temperately, things violent last not.

Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.

Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.

Ambition, in a private man is a vice, is in a prince the virtue.

Ambition, in a private man is a vice, is in a prince the virtue.

He is not valiant that dares die, but he that boldly bears calamity.

He is not valiant that dares die, but he that boldly bears calamity.

I had not to this time subsisted, but that I was supported by your frequent...

I had not to this time subsisted, but that I was supported by your frequent...

Death has a thousand doors to let out life: I shall find one.

Death has a thousand doors to let out life: I shall find one.

He who would govern others, first should be master of himself.

He who would govern others, first should be master of himself.

Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.

Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.

He that would govern others, first should be Master of himself.

He that would govern others, first should be Master of himself.

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn

Death hath a thousand doors to let out life: I shall find one.

Death hath a thousand doors to let out life: I shall find one.

Malice scorned, puts out itself; but argued, give a kind of credit to a false...

Malice scorned, puts out itself; but argued, give a kind of credit to a false...

Many good purposes lie in the churchyard.

Many good purposes lie in the churchyard.

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.

To doubt is worse than to have lost; and to despair is but to antedate...

To doubt is worse than to have lost; and to despair is but to antedate...