One should before the cause of fear actually arrived, act like a person in fear, and make peace with enenies. Such fear and carefulness beget keenness of understanding.
भीतवत् संनिधिः कार्यः प्रतिसंधिस्तथैव च॥ भयादुत्पद्यते बुद्धिरप्रमत्ताभियोगजा।