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

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

Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.

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

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

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

The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.