Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse.
Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.
"It is hard to be brave," said Piglet, sniffing slightly, "when you're only a Very Small Animal."
Piglet took Pooh's arm, in case Pooh was frightened.
"You only blinched inside," said Pooh, "and that's the bravest way for a Very Small Animal not to blinch that there is."
I was (and am) a terrible conversationist but consider myself a good communicator.
Shall we be despised by foreign powers for hesitating so long at a word?
Luxury, that baneful poison, has unstrung and enfeebled her sons.