"Then flash'd the living lightning from her eyes, And screams of horror rend th' affrighted skies, Not louder shrieks to pitying Heaven are cast, When husbands, or when lap dogs, breathe their last; Or when rich China vessels fallen, from high, In glittering dust and painted fragments lie."

"Terretur minimo pennæ stridore columba Unguibus, accipiter, saucia facta tuis."

"Membra reformidant mollem quoque saucia tactum: Vanaque sollicitis incutit umbra metum."

"Quem metuit quisque, perisse cupit."

"Imagination frames events unknown, In wild, fantastic shapes of hideous ruin, And what it fears creates."

"The thing in the world I am most afraid of is fear, and with good reason; that passion alone, in the trouble of it, exceeding all other accidents."

"Wink and shut their apprehensions up."

"The direst foe of courage is the fear itself, not the object of it; and the man who can overcome his own terror is a hero and more."

"Oh, fear not in a world like this, And thou shalt know ere long,— Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong."

"Major ignotarum rerum est terror."

"De loin, c'est quelque chose; et de prés, ce n'est rien."

"Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God."

"You are uneasy, * * * you never sailed with me before, I see."

"Quia me vestigia terrent Omnia te adversum spectantia, nulla retrorsum."

"Fear is the parent of cruelty."

"Fear always springs from ignorance."

"We are not apt to fear for the fearless, when we are companions in their danger."

"The clouds dispell'd, the sky resum'd her light, And Nature stood recover'd of her fright. But fear, the last of ills, remain'd behind, And horror heavy sat on every mind."

"His frown was full of terror, and his voice Shook the delinquent with such fits of awe As left him not, till penitence had won Lost favor back again, and clos'd the breach."

"Timor non est diuturnus magister officii."

"El miedo tiene muchos ojos."

"In summo periculo timor misericordiam non recipit."

"His fear was greater than his haste: For fear, though fleeter than the wind, Believes 'tis always left behind."

"Fear is an ague, that forsakes And haunts, by fits, those whom it takes; And they'll opine they feel the pain And blows they felt, to-day, again."

"The fear o' hell's the hangman's whip To laud the wretch in order; But where ye feel your honor grip, Let that aye be your border."

"Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring."

"An aching tooth is better out than in, To lose a rotten member is a gain."

"The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid and irrational; But he, whose noble soul its fear subdues, And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from."

"Crux est si metuas quod vincere nequeas."