As to honor -- you know -- it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It read more

As to honor -- you know -- it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasn't theirs.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.

You can't test courage cautiously.

You can't test courage cautiously.

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.

Be steadfast as a tower that doth not bend its stately summit to
the tempest's shock.
[It., Sta read more

Be steadfast as a tower that doth not bend its stately summit to
the tempest's shock.
[It., Sta come torre ferme, che non crolla
Giammai la cima per soffiar de' venti.]

Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway.

Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not read more

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave.

Whistling to keep myself from being afraid.

Whistling to keep myself from being afraid.