William Shakespeare on Valor
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“When valour preys on reason, It eats the sword it fights with.”
“You are the hare of whom the proverb goes, Whose valor plucks dead lions by the beard.”
“'Tis much he dares; And, to that dauntless temper of his mind, He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour To act in safety.”
“What valour were it, when a cur doth grin, For one to thrust his hand between his teeth, When he might spurn him with his foot, away?”
“He's truly valiant that can suffer wisely The worst that man can breathe and make his wrongs His outsides, to wear them like his raiment, carelessly; And ne'er prefer his injuries to his heart. To bring it into danger.”