Proverbial Wisdom

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

343. Get place and wealth, if possible with grace;
If not, by any means get wealth and place.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Imitations of Horace, Bk I, Ep. I

344. An idler is a watch that wants both hands;
As useless when it goes as when it stands.

William Cowper (1731-1800)

Retirement, line 681

345. ’Tis one thing to be tempted, Escalus,
Another thing to fall.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Measure for Measure (Angelo), Act II, Sc. I

346. A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.

Robert Burton (1577-1640)

Anatomy of Melancholy, Part I, Section II, Member IV

347. When the people have no other tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one.

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873)

Ernest Maltravers, Bk VI, Chap. V

348. He that will use all winds, must shift his sail.

John Fletcher (1579-1625)

The Faithful Shepherdess (Chloe), Act III,
Scene III