Proverbial Wisdom

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

7. The pen is mightier than the sword.

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

Richelieu (Richelieu), Act II, Scene II

8. Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.

Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832)

Lacon, CCXVII

9. Knowledge is power.

Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

Meditationes Sacra, De Haeresibus

10. Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

Joseph Hall (1574-1656)

Christian Moderation. Introduction.

11. Half the sorrows of women would be averted if they could repress the speech they know to be useless — nay, the speech they have resolved not to utter.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Felix Holt

12. There is nothing more requisite in business than dispatch.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719)

The Drummer (Vellum), Act V, Scene I