Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Valiant
Valiant as the Cid.
—Anthony Hamilton
Valiant as Mars.
—Homer
Valiant as fire.
—Ben Jonson
Valiant as a lion.
—William Shakespeare
Valiant as the wrathful dove or most magnanimous mouse.
—William Shakespeare
Valiant as Hercules.
—William Shakespeare
As valiant a man as Mark Anthony.
—William Shakespeare
Less valiant than the virgin in the night.
—William Shakespeare
Valiant as Hector in every marciall nede.
—John Skelton