Bede, on Prov 18:14

“The spirit of a man upholdeth his infirmity: but a spirit that is easily angered, who can bear?”

“Truly, the spirit is easily moved to anger, etc. He who is easily moved to anger cannot even sustain himself, so that when he is angry, he often says things which, when calm afterward, he regrets having said and often does not even remember having said. However, his madness is sometimes most easily endured through the moderation of the wise and is immediately quieted.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.