• Thy steady temper, Portius, Can look on guilt, rebellion, fraud, and Cæsar, In the calm lights of mild philosophy.

    Joseph Addison: Thy steady temper, Portius, Can look on guilt, rebellion, fraud, and Cæsar, In the calm lights of mild philosophy.
    Joseph Addison, Inchbald (1816). “Cato: a tragedy in five acts”, p.13