A coward dies a thousand deaths, the gallant never taste of death but once.
Without training, they lacked knowledge. Without knowledge, they lacked confidence. Without confidence, they lacked victory.
It is better to suffer once than to be in perpetual apprehension.
Men gladly believe what they wish. -Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt
I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome.
It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking.