"The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored." — Jean de La Bruyère

The greatest mistake you can make is to be continually fearing you will make one

To acknowledge the presence of fear is to give birth to failure

To show pity is felt as a sign of contempt because one has clearly ceased to be an object of fear as soon as one is pitied.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened

My heart is in my boots

Once bitten twice shy

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