Proverbial Wisdom

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

721. Friendship is seldom lasting, but between equals, or where the superiority on one side is reduced by some equivalent advantage on the other.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

The Rambler, No. 64

722. ’Tis not the fight that crowns but the end.

Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

Hesperides, 341

723. I beseech you, let his lack of years be no impediment to let him lack a reverend estimation; for I never knew so young a body with so old a head.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Merchant of Venice (the Clerk reads), Act IV, Scene I

724. A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance.

The Bible

Proverbs 15:13

725. A patient man’s a pattern for a king.

Thomas Dekker (?1572-1632)

The Honest Whore, Pt II (Duke), last line

726. More childish valourous than manly wise.

Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)

Tamburlaine the Great, Pt II (Calyphas), Act IV,
Scene I