Proverbial Wisdom

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

163. In Folly’s cup still laughs the bubble, Joy.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Essay on Man, Ep. II, line 288

164. Nature and Nature’s laws lay hid in night:
God said, ‘Let Newton be!’ and all was light.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Epitaph intended for Sir Isaac Newton

165. They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts.

Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586)

Arcadia, Bk I

166. The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

The Mill on the Floss, Bk VI, Ch. III

167. None think the great unhappy but the great.

Edward Young (1683-1765)

Love of Fame, Sat. I

168. Pleasures are like poppies spread,
You seize the flower, its bloom is shed.

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

Tam o’ Shanter