
The guilt being great, the fear doth still exceed; And extreme fear can neither fight nor fly, But coward-like with trembling terror die
William Shakespeare

I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man
Ernesto 'Che' Guevara

He was just a coward and that was the worst luck any man could have
Ernest Hemingway

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape
Voltaire

Thou art a cat, and rat, and a coward to boot
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

As the ostrich when pursued hideth his head, but forgetteth his body; so the fears of a coward expose him to danger
Akhenaton

Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated
George Bernard Shaw

You are a coward when you even seem to have backed down from a thing you openly set out to do
Mark Twain