Proverbial Wisdom

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

601. He makes no friend who never made a foe.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)

Launcelot and Elaine.

602. Bold knaves thrive, without one grain of sense.
But good men starve for want of impudence.

John Dryden (1631-1700)

Epilogue XII, To “Constantine the Great”

603. Life has no path so short as to renown !

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873)

King Arthur, Bk XII, CLXI

604. Valour’s whetstone, anger,
Which sets an edge upon the sword, and makes it
Cut with a spirit.

Thomas Randolph (1605-1635)

The Muses’ Looking-Glass (Colax),
Act III, Scene III

605. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy;
For the apparel oft proclaims the man.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Hamlet (Polonius), Act I, Scene III

606. The better wit is, the more dangerous is it.

Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864)

Imaginary Conversations. Middleton and Magliabecchi