“All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests.”
“There are no brave men and cowardly men in the world, my son. There are only brave men. To be born, to live, to die—that takes courage enough in itself, and more than enough.We are all brave men and we are all afraid, and what the world calls a brave man, he too is brave and afraid like the all rest of us. Only he is brave for five minutes longer.”
“Commonly men will only be brave as their fathers were brave, or timid.”
“of being strong and brave. The strong can not be brave. Only the weak can be brave; and yet again, in practice, only those who can be brave can be trusted, in time of doubt, to be strong.”
“It is true that only a coward can be brave, as a man who feels no fear has conquered nothing.”