valor, n.All

Valor is a soldierly compound of vanity, duty and the gambler's hope.

Valor is something you never know for sure whether you have till the test comes. And if you have it in one test, you never know if you will have it when the next test comes.

Valor is a path that leads but to the grave.

Valor is the chiefest virtue, and most dignifies the haver.

Valor is stability, not of arms and of legs, but of courage and the soul.

Valor is the contempt of death and pain.

Valor is abased by too much loftiness.

Valor is a compound held by soldiers, composed of equal measures of vanity, duty, and the gambler's hope.