Proverbial Wisdom

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

31. Throw no gift againe the giver’s head;
For better is halfe a lofe than no bread.

John Heywood (?1497-?1580)

Proverbs, Bk I, Ch. XI

32. The English winter — ending in July
To recommence in August.

George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)

Don Juan, Can. XIII, St. 42

33. Valour’s whetstone, anger,
Which sets an edge upon the sword, and makes it
Cut with a spirit.

Thomas Randolph (1605-1635)

The Muses’ Looking-Glass (Colax),
Act III, Scene III

34. A penny for your thought.

John Lyly (?1553-1606)

Euphues, the Anatomy of Wit

35. A man loveth more tenderlie
The thing that he hath bought most dere.

Geoffrey Chaucer (?1343-1400)

Romaunt of the Rose, line 2737

36. The greatest king is he who is the king
Of greatest subjects.

Gilbert West (1703-1756)

Institution of the Garter, line 302.