Proverbial Wisdom

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

61. Philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an errant jade on a journey.

Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)

The Good-Natured Man (Jarvis), Act I

62. Men are never so good or so bad as their opinions.

Sir James Mackintosh (1765-1832)

Ethical Philosophy

63. Old friends are best.

John Selden (1584-1654)

Table Talk. Friends

64. One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Hamlet (Hamlet), Act I, Scene V

65. It costs more to revenge injuries than to bear them.

Bishop Thomas Wilson (1663-1755)

Maxims, 303.

66. Set a thief to catch a thief.

Old Proverb