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

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

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

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

Posterity pays for the sins of their fathers.

Fear makes men believe the worst.

Habit is stronger than nature.