The better part of valour is discretion.

Quote by Shakespeare

Topics: Heroism Quotes

Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill

Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill

I am not covetous for gold; but if it be a sin to covet honor,...

I am not covetous for gold; but if it be a sin to covet honor,...

Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops...

Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops...

And makes me poor indeed.

And makes me poor indeed.

Man, proud man, dressed in a little brief authority, like an angry ape, play such...

Man, proud man, dressed in a little brief authority, like an angry ape, play such...

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety. Other women cloy the appetites...

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety. Other women cloy the appetites...

Happy is your Grace That can translate the stubbornness of fortune Into so quiet and...

Happy is your Grace That can translate the stubbornness of fortune Into so quiet and...

Security is the chief enemy of mortals.

Security is the chief enemy of mortals.

He that dies pays all debts

He that dies pays all debts

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.

Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself Till...

Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself Till...

The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.

The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.

Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win, by...

Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win, by...

They do not love that do not show their love.

They do not love that do not show their love.

It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood.

It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood.

Ay me! for aught that ever I could read, could ever hear by tale or...

Ay me! for aught that ever I could read, could ever hear by tale or...

Banquet: an affair where you eat a lot of food you don't want before talking...

Banquet: an affair where you eat a lot of food you don't want before talking...

I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking: I could well wish courtesy would...

I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking: I could well wish courtesy would...

Less of your courtesy and more of your purse

Less of your courtesy and more of your purse

Courtesies cannot be borrowed like snow shovels; you must have some of your own

Courtesies cannot be borrowed like snow shovels; you must have some of your own