Self-control

Self-control is essential to happiness. Let a man yield to his impulses and passions, and from that moment he gives up his moral freedom.

It is the self-discipline of a man that enables him to pursue success with more diligence and sobriety. In ordinary life the application is the same. He who would lead must first command himself. The time of test is when everybody is excited or angry, then well-balanced mind comes to the front.

Self-knowlegdge is a preface to self-control. Too much self-inspection leads to morbidness; too little conducts to careless and hasty action. The man would succeed in any great undertaking must hold all his faculties under control; they must be disciplined and drilled until they quickly and cheerfully obey the will.