As a result of a general defect of nature, we are either more confident or more fearful of unusual and unknown things.
No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected.
It is better to suffer once than to be in perpetual apprehension.
It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking.
In war, important events result from trivial causes.
Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.