Proverbial Wisdom

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

685. Talking and eloquence are not the same; to speak, and to speak well, are two things.

Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

Discoveries

686. Whatever creed be taught or land be trod, Man’s conscience is the oracle of God.

George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)

The Island, Can. I, VI

687. Ah! better to love in the lowliest cot
Than pine in a palace, alone.

Whyte Melville (1821-1878)

Chastelar

688. 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

689. The first act’s doubtful, but we say
It is the last commends the play.

Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

Hesperides, 225

690. Love’s a blind guide, and those that follow him too often lose their way.

Colley Cibber (1671-1757)

Woman’s Wit (Emilia), Act I., Scene I.