The first mark of valor is defence.
As well the soldier dieth who standeth still as he that gives the bravest onset.
Confidence in one's self is the chief nurse of magnanimity, which confidence, notwithstanding, doth not leave the care of necessary furniture for it; and therefore, of all the Grecians, Homer doth ever make Achilles the best armed.
My thoughts, imprisoned in my secret woes, with flamy breaths do issue oft in sound.
A popular license is indeed the many-headed tyrant.
Approved valor is made precious by natural courtesy.