Proverbial Wisdom

Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.

601. True happiness
Consists not in the multitude of friends,
But in the worth and choice.

Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

Cynthia’s Revels (Arete), Act III, Scene II

602. That only disadvantage of honest hearts, credulity.

Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586)

Arcadia, Bk II

603. An open foe may prove a curse,
But a pretended friend is worse.

John Gay (1685-1732)

Fables, Pt I, Fable XVII

604. I beseech you, let his lack of years be no impediment to let him lack a reverend estimation; for I never knew so young a body with so old a head.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Merchant of Venice (the Clerk reads), Act IV, Scene I

605. A penny sav’d’s a penny got.

William Somerville (1675-1742)

The Sweet Scented Miser, line 30

606. Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.
He acts the third crime that defends the first.

Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

Catiline (Cicero), Act III, Scene II