A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites..

The deepest rivers flow with the least sound..

Posterity pays for the sins of their fathers..

Nothing is so secure in its position as not to be in danger from the attack even of the weak..

Habit is stronger than nature..

He is a fool who looks at the fruit of lofty trees, but does not measure their height..

Nothing can be lasting when reason does not rule..

A timid dog barks more violently than it bites. Curtius Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.

Haste is slow. [Lat., Festinatio tarda est.].

Fear makes men believe the worst..

The mob has no ruler more potent than superstition..

Despair is a great incentive to honorable death..

A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration. [Lat., Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit incendium.].

A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration..

Prosperity can change man's nature; and seldom is any one cautious enough to resist the effects of good fortune. [Lat., Res secundae valent commutare….

The fashions of human affairs are brief and changeable, and fortune never remains long indulgent. [Lat., Breves et mutabiles vices rerum sunt, et for….

Nature has placed nothing so high that virtue can not reach it. [Lat., Nihil tam alte natura constituit quo virtus non possit eniti.].

Habit is stronger than nature. [Lat., Consuetudo natura potentior est.].

It is often a comfort in misfortune to know our own fate. [Lat., Saepe calamitas solatium est nosse sortem suam.].

Nothing is strong that may not be endangered even by the weak..

Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man..