It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half of the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what may happen.

An escape from penalty is better than petitioning the judges.

It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.

Better hazard once than always be in fear.

The best way to avoid danger is to be in a capacity to withstand it.

It is like a general informing his soldiers that it is better to keep out of battle forever than to risk a single wound. Not so are victories either over enemies or over nature gained. Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their behalf. At any rate, it seems the fittest thing for the empiricist philosopher.

rise to a higher level of freedom. We are not being called to run away from danger but toward safety.

The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness; for that runs faster than death.

Am I walking toward something I should be running away from?

I'm not sure what we're running from. Nobody. Or the future. Fate. Growing up. Getting old. Picking up the pieces. As if running we won't have to get on with our lives.

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

To live dishonorably is better than to die gloriously.

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

It is better to die poor, while free from fear and grief, than to live surrounded by riches and filled with anxiety.