Proverbial Wisdom

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

409. I will wear my heart upon my sleeve
For daws to peck at.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Othello (Iago), Act I, Scene I

410. Society in poverty is better than solitude in wealth.

Thomas Love Peacock (?1785-1866)

Melincourt (Mr Forrester), Ch. XII

411. A living dog is better than a dead lion.

The Bible

Ecclesiastes 4:12

412. God’s mills grind slow, but sure.

George Herbert (1593-1633)

Jacula Prudentum

413. A day, an hour of virtuous liberty
Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719)

Cato (Cato), Act II, Scene I

414. I holde a mouses herte nat worth a leek
That hath but oon hole for to sterte to. (Trans. — I hold a mouse's heart not worth a leek
That has but one hole to run to.)

Geoffrey Chaucer (?1343-1400)

Wife of Bath’s Prologue, line 572