Proverbial Wisdom

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

733. Reputation is what men and women think of us.
Character is what God and angels know of us.

Thomas Paine (1737-1809)

734. To be a fine gentleman is to be a generous and a brave man.

Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729)

The Spectator, No. 75

735. Riches can’t always purchase happiness.

Robert Southey (1774-1843)

The Wedding (Traveller)

736. For hyt is commynly sayd ‘Many yes see bettur than one’.

Thomas Starkey (?1495-1538)

England in the Reign of Henry VIII, Bk I,
Ch. IV, 3 (Pole)

737. He that first cries out ‘Stop thief!’ is often he that has stolen the treasure.

William Congreve (1670-1729)

Love for Love (Scandal), Act III, Scene XIV

738. Woe to the crown that doth the cowl obey!

William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

Ecclesiastical Sonnets, Pt I, XXIX