Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
The mob has no ruler more potent than superstition.
He is a fool who looks at the fruit of lofty trees, but does not measure their height.
A timid dog barks more violently than it bites. Curtius Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet
Habit is stronger than nature.
When the truth cannot be clearly made out, what is false is increased through fear.