Proverbial Wisdom

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

295. He that will rise to the top of a high ladder must go up, not leap up.

L Machin

The Dumb Knight (Prate), Act I, Scene I

296. Who hears music, feels his solitude
Peopled at once.

Robert Browning (1812-1889)

Balaustion’s Adventure

297. The best elixir is a friend.

William Somerville (1675-1742)

The Hip

298. Sweet tastes have sour closes;
And he repents on thorns that sleeps in beds of roses.

Francis Quarles (1592-1644)

Emblems, Bk I, No. 7

299. Manners makyth man.

William of Wykeham (1324-1404)

Motto. Wykeham was Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England

300. A burthen’d conscience
Will never need a hangman.

Francis Beaumont (1584-1616) and John Fletcher (1579-1625)

Laws of Candy (Cassilane), Act V, Scene I