C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917.
Vacillation
The resolution of the combat is seldom equal to the vehemence of the charge.
Dr. Johnson.
Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel.
Bible.
The fickle populace have no fixed principles.
Claudianus.
Vacillation is the prominent feature of weakness of character.
Voltaire.
He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat; it ever changes with the next block.
Shakespeare.
It is as common for men to change their taste as it is uncommon for them to change their inclination.
La Rochefoucauld.