Proverbial Wisdom

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

229. O what’s a table richly spread,
Without a woman at its head!

Thomas Warton (1728-1790)

The Progress of Discontent

230. Guiltiness will speak
Though tongues were out of use.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Othello (Iago), Act V, Scene I

231. Fast bind, fast find.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

The Merchant of Venice (Shylock), Act II, Scene V

232. Hypocrisy the only evil that walks
Invisible, except to God alone.

John Milton (1608-1674)

Paradise Lost, Bk III, line 683

233. But the tongue can no man tame.

The Bible

James 3:8

234. Lernyng wythout vertue ys pernycyouse and pestylent.

Thomas Starkey (?1495-1538)

England in the Reign of Henry VIII, Bk II, Ch. III