Proverbial Wisdom

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

109. He that fights and runs away
May live to fight another day.

Sir John Mennis (1599-1671)

Musarum Deliciae

110. Of all the paths lead to a woman’s love,
Pity’s the straightest.

Francis Beaumont (1584-1616) and John Fletcher (1579-1625)

The Knight of Malta (Mount Ferrat),
Act I, Scene I

111. Philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an errant jade on a journey.

Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)

The Good-Natured Man (Jarvis), Act I

112. The fox barks not, when he would steal the lamb.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry VI, Pt II (Suffolk), Act III, Scene I

113. 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

114. Friends are as dangerous as enemies.

Thomas Penson De Quincey (1785-1859)

Essay on Schlosser’s Literary History