Proverbial Wisdom

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

511. Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry IV, Pt II (King Henry), Act III, Scene I

512. Honesty is the best policy, but he who acts on that principle is not an honest man.

Richard Whately (1787-1863)

Thoughts and Apothegms, Part II, Chapter XVIII

513. When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice, in a contemptible struggle.

Edmund Burke (1730-1797)

On the Present Discontents

514. Birds of a feather will gather together.

Old Proverb

515. Poison itself is a remedy in some diseases, and there is nothing so evil but what may be converted to purposes of good.

Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-1665)

The Broad Stone of Honour. Godefridus, XII

516. Mordre wol out, that see we day by day.

Geoffrey Chaucer (?1343-1400)

The Nun’s Priest‘s Tale, line 15,058