It is so unbecoming. It quite spoils your looks when you are in such a mood. She set about the task of controlling her temper, and succeeded admirably. First, she controlled her speech, then she con- trolled her appearance, and after a time she found her feelings were controlling themselves. In one burst of anger we exhaust enough vitality to take us through days of hardship and depriva- tion, or to enable us to do some great deed of courage and heroism.
Serenity is power.
Let us all remember the great truth contained in those three words. The noisy thunder does nothing. The silent lightning strikes. The greatest possible aid to the control of the temper is to remember that an exhibition of anger is a vulgarity. Most of us would rather be vicious than vulgar.