Proverbial Wisdom

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

685. Friends are as dangerous as enemies.

Thomas Penson De Quincey (1785-1859)

Essay on Schlosser’s Literary History

686. Nothing speaks our griefe so well
As to speak nothing.

Richard Crashaw (?1613-1649)

Upon the Death of a Gentleman, line 27

687. Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832)

Lacon: Many Things in Few Words, CCCCXXIV

688. The man who does all he can, in a low station, is more a hero than he who omits any worthy action he is able to accomplish in a great one.

Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729)

Spectator, No. 248

689. Be cheerful; wipe thine eyes:
Some falls are means the happier to arise.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Cymbeline (Lucius), Act IV, Scene II

690. Women, like princes, find few real friends:
All who approach them their own ends pursue;
Lovers and ministers are seldom true.

George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (1709-1773)

Advice to a Lady