Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man. [Lat., Efficacior omni arte imminens necessitas.]

Prosperity can change man's nature; and seldom is any one cautious enough to resist the effects of good fortune. [Lat., Res secundae valent commutare naturam, et raro quisquam erga bona sua satis cautus est.]

Habit is stronger than nature. [Lat., Consuetudo natura potentior est.]

The cowardly dog barks more violently than it bites. [Lat., Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.]

A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration. [Lat., Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit incendium.]

A brave man's country is wherever he chooses his abode. [Lat., Patria est ubicumque vir fortis sedem elegerit.]