Men know that women are an overmatch for them, and therefore they choose the weakest or the most ignorant. If they did not think so, they never could be afraid of women knowing as much as themselves.

We love to overlook the boundaries which we do not wish to pass.

Timidity is a disease of the mind, obstinate and fatal; for a man once persuaded that any impediment is insuperable has given it, with respect to himself, that strength and weight which it had not before.

Fear naturally quickens the flight of guilt.

Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil.

To have gold is to be in fear, and to want it to be sorrow.