Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it.
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven.
Tears are the softening showers which cause the seed of heaven to spring up in the human heart.
Steady of heart and stout of hand.
'Tis an old tale, and often told; But did my fate and wish agree, Ne'er had been read, in story old, Of maiden true betray'd for gold, That loved, or was avenged, like me!