Shakespeare, 31st January

Cowards die many times before their deaths:

The valiant never taste of death but once.

             Julius Caesar, Act ii., Sc. 2.

But hollow men, like horses hot at hand,

Make gallant show and promise of their mettle:

But when they should endure the bloody spur,

They fall their crests, and, like deceitful jades,

Sink in the trial.

            Julius Caesar, Act iv., Sc. 2.