I hate a fellow whom pride, or cowardice, or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl; let him come out as I do, and bark.
Mutual cowardice keeps us in peace.
Cowardice encroaches fast upon such as spend their lives in company of persons higher than themselves.
When desperate ills demand a speedy cure, Distrust is cowardice, and prudence folly.