What brings more peace than a calm mind? What's more exhausting than anger? What's more relaxed than mercy? What's busier than cruelty? Good character gets to rest while vice works itself to death. In short, any virtue is easy to practice, but vices cost you dearly. We need to remove anger from our minds completely. Even people who say we should just keep anger under control are admitting it's a problem — so let's get rid of it entirely. There's no benefit to keeping it around. Without anger, we can stop crime more easily and fairly. We can punish wrongdoers and help them change their lives. A wise person will do what's right in every situation without needing any destructive emotion. They won't rely on tools that require constant watching to keep them from spinning out of control.
What is more restful than a mind at peace, and what more toilsome than anger? What is more at leisure than clemency, what fuller of business than cruelty? Modesty keeps holiday while vice is overwhelmed with work. In fine, the culture of any of the virtues is easy, while vices require a great expense. Anger ought to be removed from our minds: even those who say that it ought to be kept low admit this to some extent: let it be got rid of altogether; there is nothing to be gained by it. Without it we can more easily and more justly put an end to crime, punish bad men, and amend their lives. The wise man will do his duty in all things without the help of any evil passion, and will use no auxiliaries which require watching narrowly lest they get beyond his control.