Courage is the complement of fear. A man who is fearless cannot be courageous. [He is also a fool.]

Many problems can be solved by a man not frightened by them.

Courage is a decision you make to act in a way that works through your own fear for the greater good as opposed to pure self-interest. Courage means putting at risk your immediate self-interest for what you believe is right.

All my joys to this are folly, / Naught so sweet as melancholy.

Children blessings seem, but torments are;/ When young, our folly, and when old our fear.

Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.