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Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.
Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.
To see what is right and not to do it is cowardice.
To see what is right and not to do it is cowardice.
Fear has its use but cowardice has none.
Fear has its use but cowardice has none.
A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.
A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.
One who is in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.
One who is in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.
Every hard-boiled egg is yellow inside.
Every hard-boiled egg is yellow inside.
The cowards never started -- and the weak died along the way.
The cowards never started -- and the weak died along the way.
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.