How sweet and gracious, even in common speech,
Is that fine sense which men call Courtesy!
Wholesome as air and genial as the light,
Welcome in every clime as breath of flowers,
It transmutes aliens into trusting friends,
And gives its owner passport round the globe.
Courtesy. J.T. FIELDS.
In thy discourse, if thou desire to please;
All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie:
Usefulness comes by labor, wit by ease;
Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.
The Church Porch. G. HERBERT.
I am the very pink of courtesy.
Romeo and Juliet, Act ii. Sc. 4. SHAKESPEARE.
The kindest man,
The best-conditioned and unwearied spirit
In doing courtesies.
Merchant of Venice, Act iii. Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE.
Would you both please and be instructed too,
Watch well the rage of shining, to subdue;
Hear every man upon his favorite theme,
And ever be more knowing than you seem.
B. STILLINGFLEET.
COWARDICE.
What is danger
More than the weakness of our apprehensions?
A poor cold part o' th' blood. Who takes it hold of?
Cowards and wicked livers: valiant minds
Were made the masters of it.
Chances. BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER.
Alike reserved to blame, or to commend,
A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend;
Dreading even fools, by flatteries besieged,
And so obliging that he ne'er obliged.
Satires: Prologue. A. POPE.
Cowards are cruel, but the brave
Love mercy, and delight to save.
Fables, Pt. I. Fable I. J. GAY.
When desp'rate ills demand a speedy cure,
Distrust is cowardice, and prudence folly.
Irene, Act iv. Sc. 1. DR. S. JOHNSON.