Every barking dog becomes a lion ready to tear one to pieces, and no bridge is strong enough to allow us to pass over in safety.

No cloud has a silver lining, and every rain-storm is sure to work injury to the crops rather than bring the needful moisture for their vivification.
What a piteous sight to see a man who dares not express his honest opinions, who must crawl instead of walk upright, in the presence of his employer, lest he lose his job.

How his cowardice worries him, meets him at every turn, torments him, lest some incautious word be repeated, lest he say or do the wrong thing.

And so long as there are cowards to employ, bully employers will exist.

Nay, the cowardice seems to call out bullying qualities.