Dhammapada · 17.2

Yo ve uppatitaṃ kodhaṃ, rathaṃ bhantaṃva dhāraye;Tamahaṃ sārathiṃ brūmi, rasmiggāho itaro jano.

Yo ve uppatitam kodham, ratham bhantamva dharaye; Tamaham sarathim brumi, rasmiggaho itaro jano.

One who restrains arisen anger like a swerving chariot — that one I call the true charioteer. Others merely hold the reins.

— Dhammapada 17.2

Source: Pali text from the Khuddaka Nikāya of the Pali Canon (oldest extant Buddhist scripture, compiled c. 3rd century BCE). Public-domain English readings drawn from F. Max Müller's translation in Sacred Books of the East, Vol X (1881) and the Buddhist Publication Society's freely-licensed Acharya Buddharakkhita rendering.