Nothing is improved by anger, unless it be the arch of a cat's back. A man with his back up is spoiling his figure. People look none the handsomer for being red in the face. It takes a great deal out of a man to get into a towering rage; it is almost as unhealthy as having a fit.... Whatever wrong I suffer, it can not do me half so much hurt as being angry about it.

John Ploughman's Pictures: Or, More of His Plain Talk for Plain People (ed. 1881)