Proverbial Wisdom

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

337. Contempt of fame begets contempt of virtue.

Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

Sejanus (Tiberius), Act I, Scene II

338. Better build schoolrooms for the boy,
Than cells and gibbets for the man.

Eliza Cook (1818-1889)

A Song for the Ragged Schools

339. It will never out of the flesh that’s bred in the bone.

Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

Every Man in his Humour (Downright), Act II,
Scene I

340. All who joy would win
Must share it, — Happiness was born a twin.

George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)

Don Juan, Can. II, St. 172

341. If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some; for he that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Poor Richard’s Almanac

342. Industry is a loadstone to draw all good things.

Robert Burton (1577-1640)

Anatomy of Melancholy. Democritus to the Reader.