Abuse

The bitter clamour of two eager tongues.   Shakespeare

Abstinence

To set the mind above the appetites is the end of abstinence, which one of the Fathers observes to be, not a virtue, but the groundwork of a virtue. Johnson

Absence

In my Lucia’s absence
Life hangs upon me, and becomes a burden; I am ten times undone, while hope, and fear, and grief, and rage and love rise up at once, And with variety of pain distract me.  Addisoon
O thou who dost inhabit in my breast,
Leave not the mansion, so long tenantless;
Lest growing ruinous the building [...]

Anger

Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck that of the people.   La Rochefoucauld
Consider well what your strength is equal to, and what exceeds your ability.   Horace
An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions; he is neither hot nor timid. Chesterfield