Proverbial Wisdom

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

205. A friend should bear a friend’s infirmities.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Julius Caesar (Cassius), Act IV

206. One brave deed makes no hero.

John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)

The Hero

207. Neither a borrower nor a lender be:
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Hamlet (Polonius), Act I, Scene III

208. One murder made a villain;
Millions a hero. Princes were privileg’d
To kill, and numbers sanctified the crime.

Beilby Porteus (1731-1809)

Death, line 155 (speaking of how war came into the world)

209. Nothing wins a man sooner than a good turn.

Robert Burton (1577-1640)

Anatomy of Melancholy, Part III, Sect I,
Mem. II, Subs. I

210. Necessity does the work of courage.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Romola, Chap. LXVII