Proverbial Wisdom

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

787. Gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man that mocks at it and sets it light.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Richard II (Gaunt), Act I, Scene III

788. What better school for manners, than the company of virtuous women?

David Hume (1711-1776)

Essay XIV, The Rise of Arts and Sciences

789. 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

790. The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.

William Hazlitt (1778-1830)

Political Essays. On the Connection between
Toad Eaters and Tyrants.

791. The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the
Sabbath.

The Bible

Mark 2:27

792. Mock not the cobbler for his black thumbs.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734)

Holy and Profane States. Holy State: Of Jesting.