The better part of valour is discretion.

Quote by Shakespeare

Topics: Heroism Quotes

Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear

Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear

Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.

Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.

He took the bride about the neck and kissed her lips with such a clamorous...

He took the bride about the neck and kissed her lips with such a clamorous...

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

Misery acquaints a man with strange bed-fellows

Misery acquaints a man with strange bed-fellows

But men are men; the best sometimes forget.

But men are men; the best sometimes forget.

If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels...

If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels...

Is pale cold cowardice in noble breasts.

Is pale cold cowardice in noble breasts.

I am a feather for each wind that blows

I am a feather for each wind that blows

Beauty itself doth of itself persuade, The eyes of men without an orator.

Beauty itself doth of itself persuade, The eyes of men without an orator.

Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have Immortal longings in me.

Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have Immortal longings in me.

Use every man after his desert, and who should scape whipping?

Use every man after his desert, and who should scape whipping?

For a quart of Ale is a meal for a King.

For a quart of Ale is a meal for a King.

Die for adultery! No: The wren goes to't, and the small gilded fly does lecher...

Die for adultery! No: The wren goes to't, and the small gilded fly does lecher...

Come away, come away, death, And in sad cypress let me be laid.

Come away, come away, death, And in sad cypress let me be laid.

In time we hate that which we often fear.

In time we hate that which we often fear.

They have a plentiful lack of wit

They have a plentiful lack of wit

Is there no way for men to be, but women Must be half-workers?

Is there no way for men to be, but women Must be half-workers?

A woman will be elected President before Wade Boggs is called out on strikes. I...

A woman will be elected President before Wade Boggs is called out on strikes. I...

The public wishes itself to be managed like a woman; one must say nothing to...

The public wishes itself to be managed like a woman; one must say nothing to...