Alike reserved to blame, or to commend,
A timorous foe and a suspicious friend. [ Pope ]

For never yet one hour in his bed
Have I enjoyed the golden dew of sleep,
But have been waked by his timorous dreams. [ William Shakespeare ]

Reason the hoary dotard's dull directress,
That loses all, because she hazards nothing;
Reason! the timorous pilot, that, to shun
The rocks of life, forever flies the port. [ Dr. Johnson ]

He is timorous indeed that is afraid of a dead bee. [ Proverb ]

The weakest and most timorous, are the most revengeful and implacable. [ Proverb ]

Guilt is a timorous thing ere perpetration; despair alone makes guilty men be bold. [ Coleridge ]