He is the furthest from danger, who is on his guard even when in safety.
He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.
The wise man guards against the future as if it were the present.
That delay is our surest protection which enables us to deliberate on the merits of our intentions.
Deliberando saepe perit occasio [The opportunity often slips away while we deliberate on it].
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.