When a man leaves his regiment and retires when it is upon active service, there are sure to be spiteful stories getting about, often without the slightest foundation.

But even if it had been true, it would hardly be to Bathurst's disadvantage now he is no longer in the army, and courage is not a vital necessity on the part of a civilian." "You can't mean that, Doctor; surely every man ought to be brave.

Could anyone possibly respect a man who is a coward?
I don't believe it, Doctor, for a moment." "Courage, my dear, is not a universal endowment--it is a physical as much as a moral virtue.

Some people are physically brave and morally cowards; others are exactly the reverse.

Some people are constitutionally cowards all round, while in others cowardice shows itself only partially.