He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down and without walls.
Source: This Side of Innocence, Pt. 1, Ch. 5.
-- Taylor Caldwell, (Aug 7 1900-1985), English novelist; Her works include The Sound of Thunder, 1957; Testimony of Two Men, 1968 and The Captains and the Kings, 1972.