Proverbial Wisdom

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

151. Animals are such agreeable friends — they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Scenes of Clerical Life: Mr Gilfil’s Love Story

152. Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth
Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.

John Milton (1608-1674)

Paradise Lost, Bk IV, line 677

153. If fields are prisons, where is Liberty?

Robert Bloomfield (1766-1823)

The Farmer’s Boy, Autumn, line 226

154. How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Othello (Iago), Act II, Scene III

155. Childhood shows the man,
As morning shows the day.

John Milton (1608-1674)

Paradise Regained, Bk IV, line 220

156. Who bravely dares, must sometimes risk a fall.

Tobias George Smollett (1721-1771)

Advice (Friend), line 208