Proverbial Wisdom

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

421. If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some; for he that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Poor Richard’s Almanac

422. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ’em.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Twelfth Night (Malvolio, Letter), Act II, Scene V

423. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

The Bible

Matthew 6:34

424. A man is never too old to learn.

Thomas Middleton (1580-1627)

Mayor of Queenborough (Simon), Act V, Scene I

425. Handsome is as handsome does.

Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)

The Vicar of Wakefield, Ch. I

426. Were beauty under twenty locks kept fast,
Yet love breaks through, and picks them all at last.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Venus and Adonis, 96