--JOANNA BAILLIE.
A valiant man
Ought not to undergo or tempt a danger,
But worthily, and by selected ways;
He undertakes by reason, not by chance.
--BEN JONSON.
True courage is cool and calm. The bravest of men have the least of a
brutal bullying insolence, and in the very time of danger are found
the most serene and free. Rage, we know, can make a coward forget
himself and fight. But what is done in fury or anger can never be
placed to the account of courage.--SHAFTESBURY.
Much danger makes great hearts most resolute.--MARSTON.
Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it
and conquering it.--RICHTER.
The truest courage is always mixed with circumspection; this being the
quality which distinguishes the courage of the wise from the hardiness
of the rash and foolish.--JONES OF NAYLAND.
Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in
one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a
man brave in another. The former would seem most necessary for the
camp, the latter for council; but to constitute a great man, both are
necessary.--COLTON.
He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but
he that loses his courage loses all.--CERVANTES.
COURTSHIP.--Every man ought to be in love a few times in his life,
and to have a smart attack of the fever.
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