Whakakiia te kīanga e whai ake nei: Nec temere, nec timide he kīanga Rātini e whakamāoritia ana ki te 'Kāore i te tere, i te mataku rānei'. Kaore i te mohiotia tona putake ahakoa ko Aristotle i roto i te "Ethica Nicomachea", Pukapuka III, e whakahua ana, me etahi atu tauira, ko te tangata pai ehara i te mea whakamataku, i te mataku ranei, engari he maia. E mōhiotia nuitia ana ko te kupu whakahau a te toa moana Dano-Norwegian a Niels Juel, e kiia ana i whakamahia tuatahitia i te ata o te Hōngongoi 1, 1677, i mua tonu o te
Te Pakanga o Køge Bay.