Nothing is so secure in its position as not to be in danger from the attack even of the weak.
Posterity pays for the sins of their fathers.
Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
He is a fool who looks at the fruit of lofty trees, but does not measure their height.
The mob has no ruler more potent than superstition.
When the truth cannot be clearly made out, what is false is increased through fear.