Proverbial Wisdom

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

13. 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

14. A gaudy dress and gentle air
May slightly touch the heart,
But it’s innocence and modesty
That polishes the dart.

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

My Handsome Nell

15. There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.

Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

Essay XXXI, of Suspicion

16. They who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.

John Gay (1685-1732)

Fables, Pt I, XXXIV

17. Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.
He acts the third crime that defends the first.

Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

Catiline (Cicero), Act III, Scene II

18. They only have lived long, who have lived virtuously.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816)

Pizarro (Alonzo), Act IV, Scene I