"ternura, la palabra pequeña, familiar/que cabía en mi boca."

"Gentleness, as opposed to an irascible temper, greatly contributes to the tranquility and happiness of life, by prese…"

"Suaviter in modo, fortiter in re."

"He is gentil that doth gentil dedis."

"Peragit tranquilla potestas Quod violenta nequit; mandataque fortius urget Imperiosa quies."

"La violence est juste où la douceur est vaine."

"The mildest manners and the gentlest heart."

"Plus fait douceur que violence."

"At caret insidiis hominum, quia mitis, hirundo."

"What would you have? your gentleness shall force More than your force move us to gentleness."