Proverbial Wisdom

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

277. There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

As recorded by James Boswell in his ‘Life of Johnson’

278. He that doth live at home, and learns to know
God and himself, needeth no further go.

Christopher Harvey (1597-1663)

The Synagogue, Travels at Home

279. Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

Joseph Hall (1574-1656)

Christian Moderation. Introduction.

280. You must cut your coat according to your cloth.

Old Proverb

281. One ear it heard, at the other out it went.

Geoffrey Chaucer (?1343-1400)

Troilus and Cresscide, Bk IV, line 435

282. Grief makes one hour ten.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Richard II (Bolingbroke), Act I, Scene III