May it please your majesty, I have neither eyes to see nor tongue to speak in this place but as this house is pleased to direct me whose servant I am here; and humbly beg your majesty’s pardon that I cannot give any other answer than this
To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest…
A wise traveller has no fixed rules and is not intent upon arrival.