Proverbial Wisdom

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

19. The man who does all he can, in a low station, is more a hero than he who omits any worthy action he is able to accomplish in a great one.

Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729)

Spectator, No. 248

20. A sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

Washington Irving (1783-1859)

Rip Van Winkle

21. Men’s words are ever bolder than their deeds.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)

Piccolomini, Act I, Scene IV

22. Plenty, as well as want, can separate friends.

Abraham Cowley (1618-1667)

Davideis, Bk III, line 205

23. A bad excuse is better, they say, than none at all.

Stephen Gosson (1554-1624)

The Schoole of Abuse

24. Manners makyth man.

William of Wykeham (1324-1404)

Motto. Wykeham was Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England