Proverbial Wisdom

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

205. Princes are like to heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil times, and which have much veneration, but no rest.

Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

Essay XX, Of Empire

206. 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

207. ’Tis good in every cause, you know,
To have two strings unto our bow.

Charles Churchill (1732-1764)

The Ghost, Bk IV, line 1296

208. Physician, heal thyself.

The Bible

Luke 4:23

209. The brain may devise laws for the blood; but a hot temper leaps o’er a cold decree!

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

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

210. The strawberry grows underneath the nettle,
And wholesome berries thrive and ripen best
Neighbour’d by fruit of baser quality.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry V (Bishop of Ely), Act I, Scene I