To believe yourself brave is to be brave; it is the one only essential thing

Manifestly, dying is nothing to a really great and brave man

Except a creature be part coward, it is not a compliment to say he is brave; it is merely a loose misapplication of the word

Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave; it is merely a loose application of the word. Consider the flea! -- incomparably the bravest of all the creatures of God, if ignorance of fear were courage.

In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, Brave, Hated, and Scorned. When his cause succeeds however,the timid join him, For then it costs nothing to be a Patriot.

The calamity that comes is never the one we had prepared ourselves for