Proverbial Wisdom

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

379. There is properly no history, only biography.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

History

380. In fair virtue’s heavenly road,
The cottage leaves the palace far behind.

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

The Cotter’s Saturday Night

381. There’s no wound deeper than a pen can give,
It makes men living dead, and dead men live.

John Taylor (1578-1653)

A Kicksey-Winsey, Pt 7

382. Old friends are best.

John Selden (1584-1654)

Table Talk. Friends

383. The burnt child dreads the fire.

Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

The Devil is an Ass (Fitzdottrell), Act I,
Scene II

384. Weak is that throne, and in itself unsound,
Which takes not solid virtue for its ground.

Charles Churchill (1732-1764)

Gotham, line 107