Unbounded courage and compassion join'd,

Tempering each other in the victor's mind,

Alternately proclaim him good and great,

And make the hero and the man complete.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719): The Campaign. Line 219.

For courage mounteth with occasion.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King John. Act ii. Sc. 1.

What though the field be lost?

All is not lost; th' unconquerable will,

And study of revenge, immortal hate,

And courage never to submit or yield.

John Milton (1608-1674): Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 105.

  Macb.  If we should fail?

  Lady M.        We fail!

But screw your courage to the sticking-place,

And we 'll not fail.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Macbeth. Act i. Sc. 7.

Cowards [may] fear to die; but courage stout,

Rather than live in snuff, will be put out.

Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618): On the snuff of a candle the night before he died.—Raleigh's Remains, p. 258, ed. 1661.

The schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand,

Whistling aloud to bear his courage up.

Robert Blair (1699-1747): The Grave. Part i. Line 58.