Proverbial Wisdom

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

625. He that doth live at home, and learns to know
God and himself, needeth no further go.

Christopher Harvey (1597-1663)

The Synagogue, Travels at Home

626. ’Tis not what man Does which exalts him,
But what man Would do!

Robert Browning (1812-1889)

Saul, XVIII

627. Brevity is the soul of wit.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Hamlet (Polonius), Act II, Scene II

628. Curiosity
Does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.

Abraham Cowley (1618-1667)

Ode on Chair made of Sir F. Drake’s Ship, IV

629. He who does evil that good may come, pays a toll to the devil to let him into heaven.

Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (1834-1903)

Guesses at Truth, Vol. II, p. 213

630. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

In Conversation with Sir Joshua Reynolds