His life is paralleled
Even with the stroke and line of his great justice;
He doth with holy abstinence subdue
That in himself which he spurs on his power
To qualify in others. [ William Shakespeare ]

The young disease, that must subdue at length,
Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength. [ Pope ]

No conflict is so severe as his who labours to subdue himself. [ Thomas à Kempis ]

We love and live in power; it is the spirit's end. Mind must subdue; to conquer is its life. [ Bailey ]

Man can make himself master over much, hardly can necessity and length of time subdue his spirit. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

These shall be thy arts, to lay down the law of peace, to spare the conquered, and to subdue the proud. [ Virgil ]

As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath, Receives the lurking principle of death; The young disease, that must subdue at length. Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength. [ Pope ]

In reality, there is perhaps no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Disguise it, struggle with it, stifle it, mortify it as much as you please, it is still alive, and will every now and then peep out and show itself. [ Franklin ]

A pair of bright eyes with a dozen glances suffice to subdue a man; to enslave him, and inflame; to make him even forget; they dazzle him so that the past becomes straightway dim to him; and he so prizes them that he would give all his life to possess them. What is the fond love of dearest friends compared to his treasure? Is memory as strong as expectancy, fruition as hunger, gratitude as desire? [ Thackeray ]