“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”