The mob has no ruler more potent than superstition.
A timid dog barks more violently than it bites. Curtius Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet
Nothing is strong that may not be endangered even by the weak.
He is a fool who looks at the fruit of lofty trees, but does not measure their height.
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
Posterity pays for the sins of their fathers.