Proverbial Wisdom

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

169. What’s one man’s poison, signor,
Is another’s meat or drink.

John Fletcher (1579-1625)

Love’s Cure (Piorato), Act III, Scene II

170. A man’s disposition is never well known till he be crossed.

Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

Advancement of Learning, Bk II

171. Nice customs court’sy to great kings.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry V (King Henry), Act V, Scene II

172. Out of sight, out of minde.

John Heywood (?1497-?1580)

Proverbs, Bk I, Chap. II

173. None think the great unhappy but the great.

Edward Young (1683-1765)

Love of Fame, Sat. I

174. It is nat gode a sleping hounde to wake.

Geoffrey Chaucer (?1343-1400)

Troilus and Cresseide, Book III, line 764