Proverbial Wisdom

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

481. Whatever creed be taught or land be trod, Man’s conscience is the oracle of God.

George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)

The Island, Can. I, VI

482. Many little leaks may sink a ship.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734)

Holy and Profane States; Holy State: The Good Servant.

483. The bad man’s cunning still prepares the way
For its own outwitting.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)

Zapolya, Sc. I

484. The course of true love never did run smooth.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Midsummer Night’s Dream (Lysander), Act I, Scene I

485. It is the bright day, that brings forth the adder;
And that craves wary walking.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Julius Caesar (Brutus), Act II, Scene I

486. For hyt is commynly sayd ‘Many yes see bettur than one’.

Thomas Starkey (?1495-1538)

England in the Reign of Henry VIII, Bk I,
Ch. IV, 3 (Pole)