| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Valor |
| | It is war’s prize to take all advantages,
And ten to one is no impeach of valor. Shakespeare. | 1 |
| Perfect valor consists in doing without witnesses all we should be capable of doing before the whole world. Rochefoucauld. | 2 |
| That valor which is not founded on prudence is rashness. Don Quixote. | 3 |
| The better part of valor is discretion. | 4 |
| There is a great difference between a due regard to valor and a contempt of life. Cato the Elder. | 5 |
| There is always safety in valor. Emerson. | 6 |
| To make a man valiant abuse him lustily. | 7 |
| True valor is fire; bullying is smoke. | 8 |
| True valor knows as well how to suffer as to act. | 9 |
| Valor can do little without discretion. | 10 |
| Valor’s a mouse trap, wit a gin, which women oft are taken in. Butler. | 11 |
| Valor that parleys is near yielding. | 12 |
| Valor would cease to be a virtue if there were no injustice. Agesilaus. | 13 |
| Valor would fight, but discretion would run away. | 14 |
| When valor preys on reason it eats the sword it fights with. Shakespeare. | 15 | | |
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