Proverbial Wisdom

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

643. For Friendship, of itself a holy tie,
Is made more sacred by adversity.

John Dryden (1631-1700)

The Hind and the Panther, Pt III, line 47

644. We must not make a scarecrow of the law,
Setting it up to fear the birds of prey,
And let it keep one shape, till custom make it
Their perch, and not their terror.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Measure for Measure (Angelo), Act II, Scene I

645. You cannot get blood out of a stone.

Old Proverb

646. Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.

Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)

The Traveller, line 386

647. Men are valued not for what they are, but what they seem to be.

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873)

Money (Sir John Vesey), Act I, Scene I

648. A willing heart adds feather to the heel,
And makes the clown a winged mercury.

Joanna Baillie (1762-1851)

De Montfort (Rezenvelt), Act III, Scene II