"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: