. . . all men are cowards . . . in one matter or another, though in the rest they may be brave enough. - H. Rider Haggard

So kick away the burning sticks from beneath the water of your anger and let it cease from boiling, and go forth as you have promised, to see wonderful things and do wonderful deeds and snatch the pure and innocent out of the hands of evil gods or men.

I have never observed that the religious are more eager to die than the rest of us poor mortals.

Time and time again have nations, ay, and rich and strong nations, learned in the arts, been and passed away and been forgotten, so that no memory of them remains. This is but one of several; for Time eats up the works of man.