Proverbial Wisdom

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

1489. It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies — seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends.

Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832)

Lacon, CCLXXXVI

1490. Princes and lords are but the breath of kings,
An honest man’s the noblest work of God.

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

The Cotter’s Saturday Night

1491. If Jove stray, who dares say, Jove doth ill ?

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Pericles (Pericles), Act I, Scene I

1492. A patient man’s a pattern for a king.

Thomas Dekker (?1572-1632)

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

1493. Talking and eloquence are not the same; to speak, and to speak well, are two things.

Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

Discoveries

1494. The best elixir is a friend.

William Somerville (1675-1742)

The Hip