Proverbial Wisdom

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

235. Grief makes one hour ten.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Richard II (Bolingbroke), Act I, Scene III

236. The tree is known by his fruit.

The Bible

Matthew 12:33

237. Practise what you preach.

Edward Young (1683-1765)

Love of Fame, Sat. III, line 48

238. 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

239. Friends are not so easily made as kept.

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633-1695)

Maxims of State, XII

240. Mellow nuts have hardest rind.

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)

Lord of the Isles, Can. III, XXL