"Truth is the highest thing that man may keep."
In the days of chivalry, the noble-hearted soldier sang to her who wept at his going:
"I could not love thee, dear, so much,
Loved I not honour more."
Of Courage, Addison said:
"Unbounded courage and compassion joined,
Tempting each other in the victor's mind,
Alternately proclaim him good and great,
And make the hero and the man complete."
Of Selfishness, Shelley said: