A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites.
[Lat., Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.]

A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites.
[Lat., Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.]

One who is in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.

One who is in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.

The cowards never started -- and the weak died along the way.

The cowards never started -- and the weak died along the way.

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.

Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

Dishonesty, cowardice and duplicity are never impulsive.

Dishonesty, cowardice and duplicity are never impulsive.

To see what is right and not to do it is cowardice.

To see what is right and not to do it is cowardice.

Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.

Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.