Proverbial Wisdom

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

367. Equality is no rule in Love’s grammar.

John Fletcher (1579-1625) and William Rowley (?1585-1626)

The Maid in the Mill (Antonio), Act II, Scene II

368. Men take more pains to lose themselves than would be requisite to keep them in the right road.

Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-1665)

The Broad Stone of Honour, Godefridus, X

369. Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.

Isaak Walton (1593-1683)

The Complete Angler (Piscator), Bk. I., Ch. II.

370. Full many a gem of purest ray serene
The dark unfathom’d caves of ocean bear;
Full many a flow’r is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

Thomas Gray (1716-1771)

Elegy in a Country Churchyard

371. What signifies a few foolish angry words? they don’t break bones, nor give black eyes.

George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1628-1687)

The Militant Couple (Bellair)

372. Not to understand a treasure’s worth
Till time has stol’n away the slighted good,
Is cause of half the poverty we feel.

William Cowper (1731-1800)

The Task, Bk VI, line 50