Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Everyone has a temper. A temper is an emotion.
Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.
I still have a temper, I suppose.
My temper is of a recluse and contemplative cast; had it been otherwise, I should, perhaps, on some former occasions, have entered into the active concerns of the world and not have been connected with it merely as a writer of books.
I have a short temper - I think it's part of the Celtic background. I used to be a lot more angry, but I was quite discreet with it.
It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be detrimental to keep it.
We must interpret a bad temper as a sign of inferiority.
A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth.
I have a hell-fire temper.
Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth.