Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be. — Lactantius

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. — Bertrand Russell
To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope. — Miguel de Cervantes
It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst. — Desiderius Erasmus
But God, who is the Eternal Mind, is undoubtedly of excellence, complete and perfect in every part. — Lactantius
But God, who is immortal, has no need of difference of sex, nor of succession. — Lactantius
Homer was able to give us no information relating to the truth, for he wrote of human rather than divine things. — Lactantius