Proverbial Wisdom

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

403. The simplest pleasures must welcome be
When a friendly hand prepares them.

Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797-1839)

They may talk of scenes that are bright and fair

404. How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Othello (Iago), Act II, Scene III

405. True happiness
Consists not in the multitude of friends,
But in the worth and choice.

Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

Cynthia’s Revels (Arete), Act III, Scene II

406. One murder made a villain;
Millions a hero. Princes were privileg’d
To kill, and numbers sanctified the crime.

Beilby Porteus (1731-1809)

Death, line 155 (speaking of how war came into the world)

407. Look ere ye leape.

John Heywood (?1497-?1580)

Proverbs, Bk. I., Ch. II.

408. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ’em.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Twelfth Night (Malvolio, Letter), Act II, Scene V