But well the rascal knew that discretion is the better part of valour, and that "He who fights and runs away, May live to fight another day."
"Stories of Animal Sagacity"
W.H.G. Kingston
A desperate conflict, still renowned in tradition, took place at the Dryffe sands, not far from Lockerby, in which Johnstone, although inferior in numbers, partly by his own conduct, partly by the valour of his allies, gained a decisive victory.
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
A mighty man of valour, who had the advantage of living in times when he could knock a man out for sneezing in his presence without being liable to forty shillings or a month.
"A Poached Peerage"
William Magnay