Whom neither shape of danger can dismay, Nor thought of tender happiness betray.

And, through the heat of conflict, keeps the law In calmness made, and sees what he foresaw.

There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness o…

But who, if he be called upon to face Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined Great issues, good or bad for human kind, Is happy as a Lover.

Mortal danger is an effective antidote for fixed ideas.

I have a lot of respect for tough coaches.

Nor is it any longer possible for you to give up this empire ... Your empire is now like a tyranny: it may have been wrong to take it; it is certainly dangerou…