better to have nothing than a substandard choice; would prefer to go without than accept a shoddy option

would rather; it is better to (often used in the structure [[与其|與其|yu3 qi2]]...毋宁...)

no need for

keep calm and refrain from being impatient or acting impulsively

Don't forget! (literary)

a self-deprecating idiom used to preface or describe one's own views as being simple, common, or lacking in profundity

give me liberty or give me death