Miserable mortals who like leaves at one moment flame with life eating the produce of the land and at another moment weakly perish.
A gun is not a weapon! It's a tool, like a butcher's knife, or a harpoon, or an alligator.
The strong must protect the sweet.
Tell me, O muse, of travellers far and wide
Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.
Of men who have a sense of honor, more come through alive than are slain, but from those who flee comes neither glory nor any help.