Proverbial Wisdom

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

709. He’s truly valiant, that can wisely suffer
The worst that men can breathe.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Timon of Athens (First Senator), Act III, Scene V

710. A brother’s sufferings claim a brother’s pity.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719)

Cato (Marcus), Act I, Scene I

711. Health is the first good lent to men;
A gentle disposition then;
Next, to be rich by no by-ways;
Lastly, with friends t’ enjoy our days.

Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

Hesperides, 121

712. You must practise
The manners of the time, if you intend
To have favour from it.

Philip Massinger (1583-1640)

The Unnatural Combat (Montreville), Act I, Scene I

713. Breathes there a man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself has said,
This is my own, my native land ?
Whose heart hath ne’er within him burn’d,
As home his footsteps he hath turn’d,
From wandering on a foreign strand?

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)

The Lay of the Last Minstrel, Can. VI, I

714. Hope herself ceases to be happiness when impatience companions her.

John Ruskin (1819-1900)

The Ethics of the Dust, The Crystal Orders