Proverbial Wisdom

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

631. A halter made of silk’s a halter still.

Colley Cibber (1671-1757)

Love in a Riddle (Damon), Act II, Scene I

632. Who reproves the lame, must go upright.

Samuel Daniel (1562-1619)

Civil War, Bk III, X

633. Necessity does the work of courage.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Romola, Chap. LXVII

634. He soonest looseth that despairs to win.

Anonymous (1605)

The Famous History of the Life and Death of
Captain Thomas Stukeley (Wife), line 711

635. Necessity never made a good bargain.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Poor Richard’s Almanac

636. What better school for manners, than the company of virtuous women?

David Hume (1711-1776)

Essay XIV, The Rise of Arts and Sciences