Proverbial Wisdom

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

499. ’Tis not what man Does which exalts him,
But what man Would do!

Robert Browning (1812-1889)

Saul, XVIII

500. More liberty begets desire of more;
The hunger still increases with the store.

John Dryden (1631-1700)

The Hind and the Panther, Pt I, line 519

501. The nightingale, if she should sing by day,
When every goose is cackling, would be thought
No better a musician than the wren.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

The Merchant of Venice (Portia), Act V, Scene I

502. Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

Essay on the Faculties of the Mind

503. The better part of valour is discretion.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry IV, Pt I (Falstaff), Act V, Scene IV

504. Some ease it is hid sorrows to declare.

Francis Davison (fl. 1602)

Sonnet V. A Complaint