Proverbial Wisdom

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

535. The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.

William Hazlitt (1778-1830)

Political Essays. On the Connection between
Toad Eaters and Tyrants.

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

Charles Churchill (1732-1764)

Gotham, line 107

537. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a flying:
And this same flower that smiles to-day
To-morrow will be dying.

Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

Hesperides, 208

538. A good man should and must
Sit rather down with loss, than rise unjust.

Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

Sejanus (Sabinus), Act IV, Scene III

539. Out of sight, out of minde.

John Heywood (?1497-?1580)

Proverbs, Bk I, Chap. II

540. An idler is a watch that wants both hands;
As useless when it goes as when it stands.

William Cowper (1731-1800)

Retirement, line 681