Proverbial Wisdom

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

241. They stumble, that run fast.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Romeo and Juliet (Friar Laurence), Act II,
Scene III

242. The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

The Mill on the Floss, Bk VI, Ch. III

243. To observations which ourselves we make,
We grow more partial for the observer’s sake.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Moral Essays, Ep. I, line 11

244. The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel;
But do not dull thy palm with entertainment
Of each new hatched, unfledged comrade.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Hamlet (Polonius), Act I, Scene III

245. Never gallop Pegasus to death.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

To Bolingbroke, Bk I, Ep. I, 14

246. Speak not in the hearing of a fool;
For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

The Bible

Proverbs 23:9