Self-Government

Scripture

KJV

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

ESV

Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

Proverbs 16:32

Poem

Happy the man, whose cautious steps
Still keep the golden mean;
Whose life, by Scriputre rules well form'd,
Declares a conscience clean.
Obedience