A man of courage never wants weapons.
A brave arm makes a short sword long.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Courage is the right disposition toward fear.
To fight a bull when you are not scared is nothing. And to not fight a bull when you are scared is nothing. But to fight a bull when you are scared is something.
Despair gives courage to a coward.
The will of God will not take you where the grace of God cannot keep you.
Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the resurrection.
In the midst of life we are in death.
Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down, like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep.
When one bases his life on principle, 99 percent of his decisions are already made.
You cannot have your cake and eat it.
You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk.
A door must either be shut or open.
You cannot have it both ways.
Of two evils, choose the less.
Where bad's the best, bad must be the choice.
Soon learnt, soon forgotten.
