Proverbial Wisdom

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

211. And those who live as models for the mass,
Are singly of more value than they all.

Robert Browning (1812-1889)

Luria (Tiburzio), Act V

212. Dissensions like small streams are first begun;
Scarce seen they rise, but gather as they run.

Sir Samuel Garth (1661-1719)

The Dispensary, Can. III, line 184

213. Weariness
Can snore upon the flint, when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Cymbeline (Belarius), Act III, Scene VI

214. What’s in a name? That which we call a rose,
By any other name would smell as sweet.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), Act II, Scene II

215. The brave
Die never. Being deathless, they but change
Their country’s arms, for more, their country’s heart.

Philip James Bailey (1816-1902)

Festus (Festus), V

216. Wit is a form of force that leaves the limbs at rest.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Felix Holt, Ch. XXX