Proverbial Wisdom

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

223. Poverty is a bully if you are afraid of her, or truckle to her. Poverty is good-natured enough if you meet her like a man.

William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863)

Philip, Ch. XIX

224. You may deride my awkward pace,
But slow and steady wins the race.

Robert Lloyd (1733-1764)

Fables. The Hare and the Tortoise

225. Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.

Adam Smith (1723-1790)

The Wealth of Nations, Bk V, Pt III, Art. III

226. A man must serve his time to ev’ry trade
Save censure — critics all are ready made.

George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)

English Bards and Scotch Reviewers

227. ’Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Success

228. Friendship is seldom lasting, but between equals, or where the superiority on one side is reduced by some equivalent advantage on the other.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

The Rambler, No. 64