The awful thing about most people is their caution-the crawling, abject bird-in-a-hand theory.

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.

He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea.

When a man feels the difficulty of doing, can he be other than cautious and slow in speaking?

He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.