Proverbial Wisdom

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

205. He that needs five thousand pounds to live
Is full as poor as he that needs but five.

George Herbert (1593-1633)

The Temple. The Church Porch

206. One sickly sheep infects the flock,
And poisons all the rest.

Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

Songs for Children, XXI

207. Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade
To shepherds, looking on their silly sheep,
Than doth a rich embroider’d canopy
To kings, that fear their subjects’ treachery?

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry VI, Pt III (King Henry), Act II, Scene V

208. A penny sav’d’s a penny got.

William Somerville (1675-1742)

The Sweet Scented Miser, line 30

209. Each woman is a brief of womankind.

Sir Thomas Overbury (1581-1613)

A Wife, line 1

210. The sight of lovers feedeth those in love.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

As You Like It (Rosalind), Act III., Scene V.