Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.

Some suggestions for you :

Appearances often are deceiving.

Only cowards insult dying majesty.

If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs.

In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Persuasion is often more effectual than force.

While I see many hoof marks going in, I see none coming out. It is easier to get into the enemys toils than out again.

Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.

Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.

We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.

It is easier to get into the enemys toils than out again.

The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.