Proverbial Wisdom

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

217. Fame, like water, bears up the lighter things,
And lets the weighty sink.

Sir Samuel Tuke, 1st Baronet (?1615-1674)

The Adventures of Five Hours (Don Antonio), Act II.

218. An idler is a watch that wants both hands;
As useless when it goes as when it stands.

William Cowper (1731-1800)

Retirement, line 681

219. The evil that men do lives after them ;
The good is oft interred with their bones.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Julius Caesar (Antony), Act III, Scene II

220. Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Richard II (Gaunt), Act II, Scene I

221. Good counsellors lack no clients.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Measure for Measure (Pompey), Act I, Scene I

222. Society is now one polish’d horde,
Form’d of two mighty tribes, the Bores and Bored.

George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)

Don Juan, Can. VIII, St. 95