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

Fear makes men believe the worst.

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

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

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

A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites.

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