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

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

Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.

Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.

Fear is the parent of cruelty.

Fear is the parent of cruelty.

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

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

It is tormenting to fear what you cannot overcome.
[Lat., Crux est si metuas quod vincere nequeas.]

It is tormenting to fear what you cannot overcome.
[Lat., Crux est si metuas quod vincere nequeas.]

Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precise.

Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precise.

I came to believe it not true that "the coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man only one." I read more

I came to believe it not true that "the coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man only one." I think it is the other way around: It is the brave who die a thousand deaths. For it is imagination, and not just conscience, which doth make cowards of us all. Those who do not know fear are not truly brave.

Keep your fears to yourself but share your courage with others

Keep your fears to yourself but share your courage with others

Fear has many eyes.
[Sp., El miedo tiene muchos ojos.]

Fear has many eyes.
[Sp., El miedo tiene muchos ojos.]