Proverbial Wisdom

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

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

Charles Churchill (1732-1764)

Gotham, line 107

500. He that will use all winds, must shift his sail.

John Fletcher (1579-1625)

The Faithful Shepherdess (Chloe), Act III,
Scene III

501. A chyld were beter to be unbore, than to be untaught.

Symon Simeonis (c. 1322)

Lessons of Wysedome for all maner Chyldryn, II

502. He is as cowardly
That longer fears to live, as he that fears to die.

Phineas Fletcher (1582-1650)

The Purple Island, Can. X, St. VIII

503. What should they know of England who only England know?

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)

The English Flag

504. Nature and Nature’s laws lay hid in night:
God said, ‘Let Newton be!’ and all was light.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Epitaph intended for Sir Isaac Newton