Proverbial Wisdom

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

625. A wise man is never less alone than when he is alone.

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

Essay on the Faculties of the Mind

626. Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Scenes from Clerical Life. Janet’s Repentance

627. How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

King John (King), Act IV, Scene II

628. Better one byrde in hand than ten in the wood.

John Heywood (?1497-?1580)

Proverbs, Bk I, Ch. XI

629. It will never out of the flesh that’s bred in the bone.

Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

Every Man in his Humour (Downright), Act II,
Scene I

630. Fame, like water, bears up the lighter things,
And lets the weighty sink.

Sir Samuel Tuke, 1st Baronet (?1615-1674)

The Adventures of Five Hours (Don Antonio), Act II.