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| All the arms of England will not arm fear. George Herbert. | 1 |
| All the weapons of war cannot arm fear. | 2 |
| A man may threaten and yet be afraid. | 3 |
| Afraid of his own shadow. | 4 |
| Are you afraid of him that died last year? | 5 |
| Do not lose honor through fear. Spanish. | 6 |
| Early and provident fear is the mother of safety. Burke. | 7 |
| Every one wishes that the man whom he fears would perish. Ovid. | 8 |
| Fear always springs from ignorance. Emerson. | 9 |
| Fear can keep a man out of danger, but courage only can support him in it. | 10 |
| Fear guards the vineyard. Italian, Spanish. | 11 |
| Fear has big eyes. | 12 |
| Fear has no understanding. German. | 13 |
| Fear in love has no luck. German. | 14 |
| Fear is a great inventor. French. | 15 |
| Fear is a tyrant that frightens both child and man. German. | 16 |
| Fear is cruel and mean. Emerson. | 17 |
| Fear is often greater than the danger. German. | 18 |
| Fear is one part of prudence. | 19 |
| Fear is stronger than love. | 20 |
| Fear is the mother of safety. Sir H. Taylor. | 21 |
| Fear is the parent of cruelty. Froude. | 22 |
| Fear makes lions tame. German. | 23 |
| Fear naturally quickens the flight of guilt. Dr. Johnson. | 24 |
| Fear not the future; weep not for the past. Shelley. | 25 |
Fear not the anger of the wise to raise,
Those can best bear reproof who merit praise. Pope. | 26 |
| Fear not to-morrow’s mischance. Turkish. | 27 |
| Fear of death drives the wretches to prayer. Seneca. | 28 |
| Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune. Quintilian. | 29 |
| Fear shame. Motto of the Duke of Portland. | 30 |
| Foolish fear doubleth danger. | 31 |
For fear though faster than the wind
Believes ’tis always left behind. Butler. | 32 |
| Great fear is often concealed by a show of daring. Latin. | 33 |
| He that fears danger in time seldom feels it. | 34 |
| He that fears leaves must not come into a wood. | 35 |
| He that fears not the future may enjoy the present. | 36 |
| He that fears you present, will hate you absent. | 37 |
| He that has been hurt fears. | 38 |
| He that hath been bitten by a serpent is afraid of a rope. | 39 |
| He that is afraid of wounds must not come nigh a battle. | 40 |
| He that’s afraid to do good, would do ill if he durst. | 41 |
| He who fears a sparrow will never sow millet. Russion. | 42 |
| He who fears death has already lost the life he covets. Cato. | 43 |
| He who fears death lives not. | 44 |
| He who fears God fears but him. | 45 |
| He who fears God is the true wise man. | 46 |
| He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. French. | 47 |
| He who fears his servants is less than a servant. Publius Syrus. | 48 |
| He who is feared by many fears many. German. | 49 |
| He who is feared gets more than his own. Spanish. | 50 |
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| I have lived too long near a wood to be frightened by owls. | 51 |
| It is good to fear the worst, the best saves itself. | 52 |
| It needs a high wall to keep out fear. Danish. | 53 |
| Men as resolute appear, with too much as too little fear. Butler. | 54 |
| Nobody would be afraid if she could help it. Smollett. | 55 |
| No greater hell than to be a slave to fear. Ben Jonson. | 56 |
| Of all the bad passions fear is most accursed. Shakespeare. | 57 |
| Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers. Seneca. | 58 |
| Over-daring is as great a vice as over-fearing. Ben Jonson. | 59 |
| The fear of ill exceeds the ills we fear. | 60 |
| The first thing that introduced a God in the world was fear. Petronius Arbiter. | 61 |
| The greater the fear the nearer the danger. Danish. | 62 |
| There is no readiness so quick as the readiness of fear. Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine. | 63 |
| There’s nae medicine for fear. | 64 |
| They that fear an overthrow are half beaten. | 65 |
| ’Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss. Shakespeare. | 66 |
| To be furious is to be frightened out of fear. Shakespeare. | 67 |
| Too much fear cuts all the nerves asunder. | 68 |
| Too much fear is an enemy to good deliberation. | 69 |
| ’Twas fear that first put on arms. | 70 |
| What! are you afraid of him that died last year? | 71 |
| Who fears is worthy of calamity. Ben Jonson. | 72 |
| When one has seen the bear in the woods, he hears his growl in every bush. German. | 73 |
| Who is in fear of every leaf must not go into the wood. Italian, Dutch. | 74 |
| Wise fear beats care. | 75 |
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