Proverbial Wisdom

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

79. What reason weaves, by Passion is undone.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Essay on Man, Ep. II, line 42

80. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy;
For the apparel oft proclaims the man.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Hamlet (Polonius), Act I, Scene III

81. Men are valued not for what they are, but what they seem to be.

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873)

Money (Sir John Vesey), Act I, Scene I

82. The strawberry grows underneath the nettle,
And wholesome berries thrive and ripen best
Neighbour’d by fruit of baser quality.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry V (Bishop of Ely), Act I, Scene I

83. The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestors is like a potato, — the only good belonging to him is under ground.

Sir Thomas Overbury (1581-1613)

(Attributed)

84. The course of true love never did run smooth.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Midsummer Night’s Dream (Lysander), Act I, Scene I