Bravery is the dead man’s virtue.

What's virtue in man can't be virtue in a cat.

A man hasn't got a corner on virtue just because his shoes are shined.

A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him

Someone praising a man for his foolhardy bravery, Cato, the elder, said, ''There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.''

The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid and irrational; But he, whose noble soul its fear subdues, And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from