Quotes about Peril

For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.

A garden is like those pernicious machineries which catch a man's coat-skirt or his hand, and draw in his arm, his leg , and his whole body to irresistible destruction.

Our condition as men is risky and ticklish enough. One can not be sure of himself and his fortune an hour, but he may be whisked off into some pitiable or ridiculous plight.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequences. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.