valor's

He had no wish to employ his weapon, and as retreat was the other alternative, for his companion's sake, if not his own, indeed, discretion seemed to be, by all odds, valor's better part.

'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands Eliot H. Robinson

When he came before the king he kissed the earth of obeisance, and said, "O thou, who didst view my body with scorn, whilst not aware of valor's rough exterior, it is the lean steed that will prove of service, and not the fatted ox, on the day of battle."

The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 Various

Mr. Karlin, however, accepting discretion as valor's better part, admitted that "There are many people to whom we can appeal if we don't arouse their religious prejudice;" while Delegate McIntyre, of the

The Red Conspiracy Joseph J. Mereto

The grail of death; that, touched by valor's flame,

A Treasury of War Poetry British and American Poems of the World War 1914-1917 George Herbert Clarke 1913

It was valor's better part, discretion, that the German captain chose.

A Minstrel in France Harry Lauder 1910

Accordingly he took up with valor's bed -- a cold one on the ground.

The Confidence-Man 1857

Accordingly he took up with valor's bed -- a cold one on the ground.

The Confidence-Man Herman Melville 1855