Proverbial Wisdom

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

391. She lookt as butter would not melt in her mouth.

John Heywood (?1497-?1580)

Proverbs, Bk I, Ch X

392. The greatest clerks ben not the wisest men.

Geoffrey Chaucer (?1343-1400)

The Miller’s Tale

393. Faint heart faire lady ne’er could win.

Phineas Fletcher (1582-1650)

Brittain’s Ida, Can. V, St. I

394. Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most, always like it the least.

Lord Chesterfield (1694-1773)

Letter to his Son, 29th January, 1748

395. Pride,
Howe’er disguised in its own majesty,
Is littleness.

William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

Poems Written in Youth, VII

396. They stumble, that run fast.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Romeo and Juliet (Friar Laurence), Act II,
Scene III