Proverbial Wisdom

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

241. Handsome is as handsome does.

Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)

The Vicar of Wakefield, Ch. I

242. We ne’er can be
Made happy by compulsion.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)

The Three Graves

243. Old friends are best.

John Selden (1584-1654)

Table Talk. Friends

244. Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry IV, Pt II (King Henry), Act III, Scene I

245. None but the brave deserves the fair.

John Dryden (1631-1700)

Alexander’s Feast

246. God’s mills grind slow, but sure.

George Herbert (1593-1633)

Jacula Prudentum