Proverbial Wisdom

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

571. Love stoops, as fondly as he soars.

William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

Poems of the Fancy, XVIII.

572. It was alway yet the trick of our English nation, if they have a good thing, to make it too common.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

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

573. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy;
For the apparel oft proclaims the man.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Hamlet (Polonius), Act I, Scene III

574. From shaven chins never came better justice
Than those ne’er touched by razor.

Thomas Middleton (1580-1627)

The Old Law (Eugenia), Act V, Scene I

575. Friends are not so easily made as kept.

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633-1695)

Maxims of State, XII

576. What though youth gave love and roses.
Age still leaves us friends and wine.

Thomas Moore (1779-1852)

Spring and Autumn