Proverbial Wisdom

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

103. The better wit is, the more dangerous is it.

Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864)

Imaginary Conversations. Middleton and Magliabecchi

104. Necessity does the work of courage.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Romola, Chap. LXVII

105. The childhood shews the man,
As morning shews the day.

John Milton (1608-1674)

Paradise Regained, Bk IV, line 220

106. If thou wilt go seek for a thief, no wonder if thou be robbed.

Richard Baxter (1615-1691)

Christian Ethics

107. The nightingale, if she should sing by day,
When every goose is cackling, would be thought
No better a musician than the wren.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

The Merchant of Venice (Portia), Act V, Scene I

108. The best elixir is a friend.

William Somerville (1675-1742)

The Hip