Proverbial Wisdom

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

607. Physician, heal thyself.

The Bible

Luke 4:23

608. Sweet are the uses of adversity ;
Which like the toad ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

As You Like It (Duke Senior), Act II, Scene I

609. It is a custom
More honoured in the breach than the observance.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Hamlet (Hamlet), Act I, Scene IV

610. Some bookes are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.

Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

Essay L, Of Studies

611. Two of a trade can ne’er agree.

John Gay (1685-1732)

Fables, XXL

612. The virtue which requires to be ever guarded is scarcely worth the sentinel.

Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)

The Vicar of Wakefield, Chap. V