Proverbial Wisdom
Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.
Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.
259. Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Letter to his Son. 6th Nov., 1747
260.
True friendship’s laws are by this rule expressed,
Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.
Homer’s Odyssey, Bk XV, line 83
261.
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy;
For the apparel oft proclaims the man.
Hamlet (Polonius), Act I, Scene III
262. Small things make base men proud.
Henry VI, Pt II (Suffolk), Act IV, Scene I
263.
Who has not known ill fortune, never knew
Himself or his own virtue.
Alfred, Act I, Scene I
264.
Our discontent is from comparison,
Were better states unseen, each man would like his own.
The Consolation, St. 2