3. JanuarySome were helped by looking into a mirror when anger seized them: the transformation frightened them — they did not recognise themselves. 23. JanuaryThe angry man is like one who sets fire to his own house to drive a mouse out of it. 29. MarchNever act while the storm rages within. The prudent man waits until the churned-up water has cleared — only then does he see the bottom. 2. AprilAnger is a brief madness: it is not master of itself, forgets decency, knows no bond, is deaf to reason and counsel. 29. JuneWhen someone wrongs you, ask yourself at once: what notion of good and evil led him to it? Once you have seen that, you will feel pity, not astonishment and not anger — for you too once held similar notions. 3. JulyIt is not the one who reviles or strikes you who mistreats you — but your opinion that he is mistreating you. When someone provokes you, know this: your own view has provoked you. Therefore, above all, do not let yourself be carried away by the impression — if you gain time and delay, you will more easily become master of yourself. 17. SeptemberWhen the noble man sees anger approaching, he considers what will follow from it. The lesser man lets himself go; the noble man pauses — and in this the one is parted from the other. 19. SeptemberAnyone can be angry — that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right reason and in the right way: that is not given to everyone, and it is not easy.