Habit is stronger than nature.

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

The mob has no ruler more potent than superstition.

The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.

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

Doctors cure the more serious diseases with harsh remedies. Curtius Medici graviores morbos asperis remediis curant

When the truth cannot be clearly made out, what is false is increased through fear.