Proverbial Wisdom

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

67. Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.

Adam Smith (1723-1790)

The Wealth of Nations, Bk V, Pt III, Art. III

68. The best elixir is a friend.

William Somerville (1675-1742)

The Hip

69. From shaven chins never came better justice
Than those ne’er touched by razor.

Thomas Middleton (1580-1627)

The Old Law (Eugenia), Act V, Scene I

70. Absence of occupation is not rest,
A mind quite vacant is a mind distress’d.

William Cowper (1731-1800)

Retirement, line 623

71. He that, to his prejudice, will do
A noble action and a gen’rous too,
Deserves to wear a more resplendent crown
Than he that hath a thousand battles won.

John Pomfret (1667-1702)

Cruelty and Lust, line 399

72. Them as ha’ never had a cushion don’t miss it.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Adam Bede (Mrs Poyser), Bk VI Chap. XLIX